The cable is nigh on perfect. The spring for the pedal is out of spec. The switch was functional after I played with it all.
clay > On Jan 18, 2017, at 7:38 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Does the cable move well?IIRC on a 123 the return spring for the lever is the > return spring in the brakes. If the cable sticks the lever will too. > -Curt > > From: clay via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: clay <redgh...@comcast.net> > Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2017 8:52 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Best Axle Choice > > Previous system was never functional. PO thought his cable was broken, but > had never adjusted the PB. Closest wrench did an inspect and wanted to > replace all the brakes for mucho dinero. I did it my own self. as the fronts > were still meaty enough, just the rears with the leaking hard line wanted all > the attention. I did adjustments to get the shoes to engage, the lines to > have a bit less slack, but not tight. As the shoes seat, I will be playing > with the star wheel. All leaking lines were replaced and the ABS pump was > renewed. There is a new master as well. > > clay > > >> On Jan 17, 2017, at 5:30 PM, Craig via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> wrote: >> >> On Tue, 17 Jan 2017 17:20:40 -0800 clay via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >>> I have yanked and cranked on it by hand to no impact on the lamp. >>> There is not much travel at the pedal. I need to keep on adjusting the >>> PB at the rotors since it is all new. >> >> It sounds like you need to put back in the slack that was taken out as >> the previous parking brake shoes/system wore. >> > > _______________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________ 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
