On 2/9/2014 9:01 PM, Dieselhead 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
Had that happen a number of years ago. Turned out that the piston did
not fully retract and it wasn't obviously visually. Ever since then I
use a C-clamp to push in the piston; tightening it slowly and keeping it
in the center of the piston.
Gerry
bad hose or bad abs?
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