May well be that something is frozen, perhaps the handbrake is not fully retracting. Best of to strip the brakes off and then do the turny test to see if it is bearings or brake related. If the diff is leaking it means there is oil in there, the only time a MB diff will not leak is when it is out of oil.
Hendrik with a leaky diff or two E M wrote: > Congrats, you're now a man of many W124s. :-) Not sure about the sound or > calipers, well, for a W124 yet. And it's not the wear sensor on the pad > itself dragging? Maybe the pistons in the calipers are just so extended > out,the pad or what's left is a little misalighned? Just guesses, as have > had to do much on mine yet, but a Spring tune up is in the works soon. Have > fun with the new car. > > Ed > 300E > > On 17/04/2008, Alex Chamberlain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I just got done jacking up the newly acquired POS 300E and getting >> under it as part of assessing its immediate needs prior to placing a >> Rusty order. Took the back left wheel off first because it was making >> awful scraping noises every time I hit the brakes. I have never seen >> pads with so little pad left on them, nor a rotor with such an uneven >> surface. Yikes. That explains it. One funny thing: turning the same >> wheel by hand (with the shifter in neutral and the parking brake off) >> produced a very faint version of the same metal-on-metal scraping >> sound. Dragging caliper? It seemed like the wheel offered a normal >> amount of resistance to being spun by hand. I could have put the >> other 124 up in the air and compared the two side-by-side, but I was >> too lazy to play musical jackstands. Bad bearing? Dry differential? >> (It's visibly leaking, who knows for how long.) >> >> Alex Chamberlain >> '87 300D Turbo, '86 300E, et al. >> >> > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
