Thread: Disc Brakes

I will have to get a hold of Zeus.
The rotors are specials made by them.
I suspect the material the rotors are made from is a little bit too brittle.
The disc rotor is a fairly simple straight forward thing to manufacture locally, but the problem is it would take my 101 off the road sometime and it is my only wheels on full time rego.
If I get something sorted from Zeus, should look into converting the rear brakes too.
The dollar conversion is very poor to do this currently and I don't have the money or the plastic/PayPal to do this.
I purchased the original Zeus brakes via Garrycol.
I will get it sorted, but don't have much time before the discs get near to breaking up.
I have not even worn out the supplied disc pads on those rotors yet.
The vehicle has seen little miles on those brakes.

The design of the rotor being a true disc form and shape should have a good thermal expansion without cracking.

Ron, when I ordered my disc brakes I was quoted 160 pounds a pair (back in 2013). They hinted they kept a few in stock. Ill keep a close eye on mine now, not that its getting any use without a steering box currently. If trying to contact Zeus do your self a favour and pick up the phone. Some emails were responded to overnight, other times I never got a response and had to call to chase things up. Thanks for the heads up on the issue though.

From 2013 email:

We carry some spare discs in stock although they are a long lived item and last many years (depending on driving conditions) replacement discs currently cost ?160 for a pair.

As a side note I never ordered any replacement rotors due to the long lived comment. Perhaps I should have...

edit* They currently list the kit in stock so you might have some luck getting spare rotors:
http://www.zeus.uk.com/index.php'dis...&product_id=16

Not good news boys . If i can help maybe a good friend of mine is in the brake game and has traveled to the land of the largest photo copier on many occasion to source manufacturers of rotors.
He has rotors made to his spec to a formula he is very happy with he also slots his rotors for road and race and on sells them with out any known failures to date .
To the nitty gritty stuff if any one has a spare rotor to pass on to me or are willing and competent at measuring i could maybe organise a run .
I should ring my friend and see if we can do this i guess but we really need a quantity as i dont think 6 to 10 one off rotors is a doable

Maybe it's time to research the DBA catalogue for a comparable rotor.

It's what cookey had to do for his Series conversion. His parameters were a commonly available rotor that would be easy to acquire into the future although he still ended up having to machine out the internal drum to give him the needed clearance over the swivel housing.

There is no rotor that will replace the Zeus one.
New ones will have to be purchased from Zeus or made from stratch to spec.
I have been too busy to chase this.
I have somemore pics.

Should just be able to see the cracks

Originally Posted by 101 Ron

There is no rotor that will replace the Zeus one.
New ones will have to be purchased from Zeus or made from stratch to spec.
I have been too busy to chase this.
I have somemore pics.

So how many bods in Aus are running the zeus Disc`s . I have spoken to my mate and he would like to know roughly how many want rotors and how many rotors roughly for a run.
Im sure we can get these A Lot cheaper than what you pay from the uk

I sent a Email to Zeus asking for some new disc rotors, and they have them in stock.
I am waiting on a price.
What is interesting Zeus appear to be releasing soon, up graded kits to all Landrover disc brake conversions.
I also so want to convert the rear brakes of the 101, they toll me to wait until the new improved kits are ready.
Ron