My money is on sclerotic brake lines. Replace the rubber lines and bleed the brakes. Good luck!
On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 12:47 AM, Euan Kennedy via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > A question from the Colonies > > My 300 TD hasn't had a run for quite a while. Almost six months. Last > week, she and I ventured out for a sunny Sunday drive. > > I found that the front disk brakes were binding. The faster I went of > course the more they bound. I limped home at 50 kph which seemed to be the > speed at which air flow over the rotors cancelled friction heat. > > I'm assuming that the problem lies not in the calipers but elsewhere. Any > ideas? > > Cheers > > Euan > Christchurch, NZ > > 1985 W123 300TD > 5-spd manual > 220K miles > > _______________________________________ > 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 > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > _______________________________________ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
