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
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
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?
Pads in or out? If out, it can't be that, in which case
I'd first suspect the parking brake shoes. Pop off the
Disc brake pads do drag very slightly at all times. The pads do not
pull back when you release the brake pedal, they just stop squeezing.
Allan
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1983 300D
On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:02:03 -0700, Alex Chamberlain
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I just got done jacking up the newly acquired POS 300E and
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 6:39 AM, Allan Streib [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Disc brake pads do drag very slightly at all times. The pads do not
pull back when you release the brake pedal, they just stop squeezing.
Thanks Allan, I don't know why I didn't know that. That makes sense
since there is
Look up the minimum thickness spec for the rotors. Measure them.
Are they already thinner than spec? If not, estimate the depth
of the grooves (both sides) and subtract that, I bet you're well under
spec by then.
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Disc brake pads do drag very slightly at all times
Thanks Alex, my Spring inspection and tune up is coming up soon. :-) Now
where did I leave those axle stands??
Ed
300E
On 17/04/2008, Alex Chamberlain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 6:39 AM, Allan Streib [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Disc brake pads do drag very slightly at
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
Disc brake pads do drag very slightly at all times. The pads do not
pull back when you release the brake pedal, they just stop
squeezing.
They do pull back, a tiny bit, due to the O-ring (square cross-section)
puck seals. But they usually still drag a little, in part because the
pad is free
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