Roo Posted February 21, 2012 Author Share Posted February 21, 2012 Clark and Cougar Store to the rescue. With any luck all sorted. See the OP for the update Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris`I Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Good to see its been sorted. Paying the price you do for DBA you do kind of expect a greater level of service from them. Fingers crossed the issues will be solved with the new discs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursmaddave Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Excellent result and good to know as I have just put DBA's on all round Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MITZ@CougarStore Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Clark and Cougar Store to the rescue. With any luck all sorted. See the OP for the update Happy to help... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roo Posted February 21, 2012 Author Share Posted February 21, 2012 Excellent result and good to know as I have just put DBA's on all round The rear discs are fine i believe I believe from what Ewen at Clark said it was just one side at the front. The thing with this sort of problem is unless you have a garage yourself you are totally reliant on others to do the checking etc. Fortunalty Noble Motorsport was nothing to do with the place that fitted them so could give an independant opinion and i imagine will have seen abused discs etc. Just was gearing myself up for a struggle so am very impressed withthe way its been handled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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rabbitstew Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Thanks excellent news. Nice to see good customer service!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roo Posted February 28, 2012 Author Share Posted February 28, 2012 New update.... looks like there may be a hub problem... the garage are continuing investigations new hub is on its way and discs are going back. Not very amused as they said they had checked the hub already so im not sure how it was missed or if it was just discounted. But have said they would be suprised if it could have caused the runout as the hub deformation is very small but in the abscence of anyting else its the only thing they can think of as it was still there. Given that the cars not been in any prangs/hit curb in my ownership the only thing it can be put down to is a pot hole or something. But i imagine I will never really know. So waiting on new hub then check the old disks are ok. Many thanks to CS and Clark for their help and hopefully this will get sorted! Bum... again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bakes100 Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Dont forget that if there is a very slight runout in the hub that will be amplified the further to the edge of the disc you get Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roo Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 Ok.. So new hub on - run out checked. Discs back on runout checked.... All ok. Road test..... vibration still there.... Im getting really annoyed now - any ideas anyone? To be precise the vibration only occurs around the 60mph under medium to firm braking. Its throught the steering wheel. Firm braking - no noticable vibration (though that may be because its decelerating to fast), Soft braking - no noticable vibration, Braking at lower speeds - no noticable vibration. Im giving it till the weekend and then im going to start looking at other cars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M13KYF Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 did you actually test it with the new discs before they were sent back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andlid Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 New disc = bed them in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roo Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 did you actually test it with the new discs before they were sent back Aparently there was no significant runout when the discs ar on and in the air. Noble are saying though that the runout out on a hub flange is only normally seen if the car had hit something. Which unless it did it whilst i wasnt looking it hasnt! They cant see evidence on the bearing of an impact so they are baffled. Given the strength of the hub flange they woudlhave expected the bearing to go if it had been hit hard enough to deform it. Has the disk damaged the hub flange (is that even possible!) or vice versa? Or is it something else. They also are baffled how come there is no apparent run out on discs ( in the air ) yet vibration is still there. The new discs are still sat with Noble but I have already forked out for hub, if they bang new discs on and it doesnt do the job ill still have to pay for them. Otherwise its re-face the disks to get rid of any irregularities but again more pennies..... and is the disc still going to carry some deformation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roo Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 New disc = bed them in Still old disc atm.. not put the new ones on as they were checking if it was just the hub flange. has anyone ever heard of the hub flange deforming without a heavy impact? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M13KYF Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 way to prove outright if it is the discs or not is to change for the new ones seeing as the hubs have been changed and nothing improved. If they still have them its worth a try at least, if anything to rule it out or not. Perhaps explain the situation to DBA and see if they are willing for you to test this without you being out of pocket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roo Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 I think thats what noble are going to do.... i just want my car back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andlid Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Weird, did you not get told that disc where fubared? I'm confused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roo Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 Weird, did you not get told that disc where fubared? I'm confused. Nobel seem to think they can be refaced. But i dont want the problem coming back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andlid Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 So have these not been sent off to dba yet? This has been far to long going Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andlid Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Weird, did you not get told that disc where fubared? I'm confused. Nobel seem to think they can be refaced. But i dont want the problem coming back. If they've not been refaced how would the problem have gone away? if there was a runout would that not still be there even though the hub has been replaced? (in the disc) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roo Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 The runout thats left after the hub had been replaced i believe was acceptable...but when measured in the air. Its almost like its only when its under preassure. Aparently they have checked suspension, calipers etc. So any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andlid Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 The runout thats left after the hub had been replaced i believe was acceptable...but when measured in the air. Its almost like its only when its under preassure. Aparently they have checked suspension, calipers etc. So any ideas? if they've checked that, not really... try and re-bed them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roo Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 Im wondering. could a buildup of pad material cause the vibration but not show when checking runout? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andlid Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Could be, bed them in again... what do the pads look like? The garage should have spotted that though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roo Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 Could be, bed them in again... what do the pads look like? The garage should have spotted that though... Pads and calipers are fine i believe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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