When I got my first 240D the rotors were around 1MM below min. thickness. When the brake lining wore down, the steel base on both sides contacted the steel anti-rattle clip causing severly reduced braking. I have never seen it since.
David Liddell (Habitual Lurker) Lynnwood, WA. '77 240d '85 190E > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 11:51:49 -0500 > From: Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] W124 minimum rotor thickness > Message-ID: <a0624083ecad5d2e867d7@[192.168.1.53]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" > > You can run on thin rotors as long as there is plenty of meat on the > pads. worn pads and worn rotors can lead to a very low pedal. In a > vehicle I am used to, I can tell when the pads are low by when the > pedal is low. > > The 200D 2.4 has run on really thin rotors since I first got the car. > We just change the pads often. > > > >On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 2:31 PM, <buymbpa...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> There not expensive, just change them. > >> > > > >No offense, Rusty, but there are other things I'd rather spend $60 on > >right now, so if I can put off changing rotors until I have the car > >up > >on stands anyway to change to my summer wheels five months from now, > >I'd rather do that. :) Hence my question whether mine could go a > >while longer... > > > >Alex > > > >_______________________________________ > >http://www.okiebenz.com > >For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > >To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
