I'm betting that wheel has a stuck/dragging caliper and that is why it was metal to metal.. and where it's headed again...
Consider that. You may want to go back into that wheel for a rework.. On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 4:33 PM, Rich Thomas < richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote: > Gorgeous day today, 60F+ so I got the boy's 300SD sorted and washed and > plated and it is back on the road for mama as the girl took her 300SD. > Runs well, a few niggles to deal with. > > I was doing some test ride to make sure it was running OK and went up the > road to a small shopping center and a Ferrari transporter was pulling into > the lot, from central Florida Ferrari. I drove around a bit and came back > and they had unloaded a maroon Ferrari, I don't know what model, I guess > the newest one. It was gorgeous. The transporter had another inside with > the front end smashed and 4 others back in there too. The Ferrari dude > looked quite happy, had some of his posse with him. He looked vaguely like > Ralph Lipshitz (Lauren) but it wasn' t Ralphie. > > I replaced the rear rotors and pads on the Suburban, one set of pads had > plum woe out and metal on metal was Not Good. That side was extremely > difficult to get the pads and caliper back on --too tight --, and during my > drive to bed them in a bit it is very clearly dragging and stinking like > crazy and hot. I could spin the wheel but it was hard, so I am thinking it > just needs to wear down the pads a bit? I had fully compressed the pistons > so not sure what the problem was. The other one went on fine with a bit of > clearance, both rotors appear to be the same but I am thinking I should > measure them and make sure the one is the proper thickness. Any ideas? > > --R > > > _______________________________________ > http://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 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
