I've had good luck with rebuilt calipers from Advance as well. Interesting about the lifetime warranty. I didn't know that!
Sent from my iPhone On May 4, 2013, at 8:56 AM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I had good service from rebuilts I got at Advance Auto. I think I paid around > $80 each. I'd gotten them there because I was in a bind and needed calipers > right away. > That was my '83 240D which I then put 30,000 miles on. One caliper did fail > but the guys at Advance swapped me under the lifetime warranty with no > hesitation or problems at all. > > For everything else (rotors and pads) I used PBR from Rusty (now Trent) and > again had no complaints. Might as well replace the front wheel bearings while > you've got it apart. You'll want to at least repack them since you have to > take them out to get the rotor off but I figure the bearings are cheap so on > a new-to-me car I'd replace them... > > -Curt > > Date: Fri, 3 May 2013 20:48:17 -0500 > From: Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Fw: Trying to get on the Okiebenz list > Message-ID: <a06240816cdaa182b535a@[192.168.1.51]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" > > Call Trent @ 800 741 5252 tell im what you need. > > You can probably buy used calipers form car-part.com, or buy rebuilts > at FLAPS. I would guess you need rotors. I would for sure replace > all the hoses to the calipers. THose swell shut with age and/or DOT > 3 brake fluid. Most likely you need a new master cyl also. Don't > ever put anything BUT DOT 4 brake fluid in your MB. Unless you > switch over to DOT 5. (silicon) DON'T use DOT 5e > > > _______________________________________ > 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
