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[TECHNOPUG]

Just been quoted £100+VAT for a pair of front discs from the Stealers.

Any suggestions where I can get them at a sensible price - Halfords maybe? I'm pretty limited for time - need them buy Saturday.

Cheers,

Andrew

[Jimbob]

£100 should easily get you the Disk and Pad Axle set on trade club
May also need a wear sensor or 2.

Brake Disc & Pad Kit, Front
                                                               Retail         Trade       Tradeclub
All models exc. 2.0 to '97       93175466       £98.50       £81.31       £71.40
all plus vat

They are highly recommended over post pattern ones for noise, performance and longevity.

If you havent got a tradeclub card, where are you based, someone may be able to help you out  

[Mr Skrunts]

Disks and pads from stealers on a Trade Club Card.  Not sure where you live, maybe there is someone local.

You just missed a few sets on Fleabay of Genuine Disks and Pads @ £50

[Mr Skrunts]

£100 should easily get you the Disk and Pad Axle set on trade club
May also need a wear sensor or 2.

Brake Disc & Pad Kit, Front
                                                               Retail         Trade       Tradeclub
All models exc. 2.0 to '97       93175466       £98.50       £81.31       £71.40
all plus vat

They are highly recommended over post pattern ones for noise, performance and longevity.

If you havent got a tradeclub card, where are you based, someone may be able to help you out  

Lol

We posted at the same time.

[carper]

Just been quoted £100+VAT for a pair of front discs from the Stealers.

Any suggestions where I can get them at a sensible price - Halfords maybe? I'm pretty limited for time - need them buy Saturday.

Cheers,

Andrew

Not sure where in the country you are  :question

I use Autovaux (Wakefield) ........

http://www.autovaux.co.uk/LoadPortal.aspx?cnum=23&tabid=5&vnum=141

[TECHNOPUG]

The car is in North Essex.

For some reason I just thought that they be a fair bit cheaper. Gonna push us over the magic £1k budget.
Will inspect the current ones first and providing that there is no uneven wear, will stick with them I think. Already bought some Fast Road pads for it - so will just put those on and chnage the brake fluid for a higher spec. Dealers quoted me almost £200 for OE dicsc and pads.....

....incidently, whilst I have your attention - what does the handbrake adjustment look like, where is it, is there one for each wheel and is it pretty straightforward and obvious once under the car? And finally, does it matter which order the brakes are bled on a '96 car?

Cheers,

Andrew

[ians]

There is a maintenance guide for the handbrake adjustment - a bit of a pain in my view.

Haynes contains the bleed sequence - not sure how critical it is.

[TECHNOPUG]

The handbrake works but you have to pull it righ to the top.

[Marks DTM Calib]

There is a maintenance guide for the handbrake adjustment - a bit of a pain in my view.

Haynes contains the bleed sequence - not sure how critical it is.

Do it right and it wont need doing very often  

Bleed sequence is not important just dont get any air in it!

[Andy B]

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Bleed sequence is not important just dont get any air in it!

I would tend to agree but, Haynes does give two sequences depending on year of car.

[TECHNOPUG]

Yeah, I was thinking that it's recommended on the later cars to bleed in a diagonal split?

[TECHNOPUG]

There is a maintenance guide for the handbrake adjustment - a bit of a pain in my view.

Hmm....it just says "now you can adjust the handbrake cable...."

Nevermind, I'm sure that I'll figure it out when I'm under the cars. I'm used to adjusting the cable at the handbrake end, rather than the barke end.

[Martin_1962]

I got mine from Autovaux

[ians]

There is a maintenance guide for the handbrake adjustment - a bit of a pain in my view.

Hmm....it just says "now you can adjust the handbrake cable...."

Nevermind, I'm sure that I'll figure it out when I'm under the cars. I'm used to adjusting the cable at the handbrake end, rather than the barke end.

basic proceedure is
- remove heatshields under car - Plusgas recommended to avoid shearing studs)
- slaken off under car (may already be slack with handbrake off)
- adjust at each rear wheel so the shoes are just off the drum
- tighten under car so lever comes on at an appropriate number of clicks

..strange I thought Marks guide covered this :-/

The problem I have never reaslly successfully dealt with is that setting the central adjuster such that it is just starting to bite at 3 clicks (ie notice some resistance when spinning the wheels), still means that I have to pull the handbrake up to my armpit to get it to hold the car on a hill.

I would welcome any enlightenment

[TECHNOPUG]

I thought that the guide was for changing the rear discs? Will have to read properly rather than skimming...