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Let us know what your brakes are ,are they standard amd are you running standard 15" OZ splitrims.
>> Edited by Beacon on Wednesday 8th February 21:37
>> Edited by Beacon on Wednesday 8th February 21:39
Let us know what your brakes are ,are they standard amd are you running standard 15" OZ splitrims.
>> Edited by Beacon on Wednesday 8th February 21:37
>> Edited by Beacon on Wednesday 8th February 21:39
Your brakes should, unless someone has upgraded them, be Princess 4 piston calipers with a large spacer between the two halves, clamping 270mm x 28mm vented rotors mounted on separate alloy bells. AFAIK, these rotors are not fitted to any mainstream vehicle. When I first got my 400 I enquired with a TVR main agent about replacement - the dealer checked and the factory had several sets in store, £188 each plus vat, and would not give a discount. So I had a set of grooved rotors made up by Tarox: £135 each plus vat. A couple of years ago I needed another replacement set of rotors, so got BG Developments to machine a set from AP blanks, also grooved: £124 each plus vat. It's probably worth checking the thickness of your rotors before replacing them - the minimum thickness is usually stamped on the outer edge. I seem to remember AP telling me that you can lose 1.2mm from the thickness before they should be changed. Also worth changing the rotor mounting nuts and bolts, only about £25. Pads: I would recommend Ferodo DS2000, for road and occasional track use, although the DS2500 is supposed to be an improvement on these. HTH.
Edited to add: these "each" prices are for 1 rotor, not a set.
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>> Edited by number 7 on Thursday 9th February 08:21
Edited to add: these "each" prices are for 1 rotor, not a set.
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>> Edited by number 7 on Thursday 9th February 08:21
Have you looked here? www.tvrwedgepages.co.uk/
Under the Maintenance section Mike wrote a great write up about refurbing the Princess calipers. Even if you don't want to do this, there is some info that may help you out.
Under the Maintenance section Mike wrote a great write up about refurbing the Princess calipers. Even if you don't want to do this, there is some info that may help you out.
Point taken with the search...but takes ages sometimes!
Guess the brakes could be expensive! Im doing them next week so i guess ill have to taken them off and match them up. I guess they would be avaliable from a Camberly Auto Factors, a car spares chain????
They dont seem to be doing their job hence the first main task im doing!!!
Guess the brakes could be expensive! Im doing them next week so i guess ill have to taken them off and match them up. I guess they would be avaliable from a Camberly Auto Factors, a car spares chain????
They dont seem to be doing their job hence the first main task im doing!!!
Just refitted all my brakes on the 400SE and had the calipers refurbished at classic brakes. Top bloke and top job details below:
The chap I was recommended to speak to was from a company called Classicar Automotive based in Cheshire (www.classicbrakes.co.uk telephone: 01625 860910). The company has been established for over 17 years and specialise in British & European sports car brake systems. Dave the owner explained that after he had finished with the callipers, all I would have back from him that was original was going to be the calliper castings - absolutely everything else gets replaced with new.
Not cheap , but the best value for money - whats the point in moving fast if you can't stop.
Highly recommended, hope that this is of some help
Rick
The chap I was recommended to speak to was from a company called Classicar Automotive based in Cheshire (www.classicbrakes.co.uk telephone: 01625 860910). The company has been established for over 17 years and specialise in British & European sports car brake systems. Dave the owner explained that after he had finished with the callipers, all I would have back from him that was original was going to be the calliper castings - absolutely everything else gets replaced with new.
Not cheap , but the best value for money - whats the point in moving fast if you can't stop.
Highly recommended, hope that this is of some help
Rick
matt-man said:
so do they always need refurbishment?
The cars been sitting for a while and is going to need new disks and pads...ill have a closer look when i can get her in the garage and wheels off next week but i was hoping for just disks and pads....but then i want to stop!
Well, depends whether storage has allowed the rotors to corrode badly. Skimming might be an option, but you'd need to check current thickness of the rotors, estimate how much material would need to be removed to clean them up, and decide whether that would leave them less than minimum thickness. If the brakes have never been overhauled, the seals will probably be quite tired, and maybe the pistons corroded/seized as well. All well within the realms of a competant diy'er to sort, but not worth taking chances if you're not sure - get it done professionally.
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All covered nder the maintenance tab on the Wedgepages site.... plus the details of the retaining pins and clips.
Give Tim Lamont a call at ACT regarding the pads.
Mike
www.tvrwedgepages.co.uk
Give Tim Lamont a call at ACT regarding the pads.
Mike
www.tvrwedgepages.co.uk
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