Dragging parking brakes, or dragging service brakes. Dragging service
brakes are usually caused by swollen hoses. Try pushing the caliper pucks
in while still on the car. If they won't push in all the way, open the
bleeder screw. if they push in then (squirting out fluid) then the hoses
Brian Baker wrote:
The rear hubs on both sides are very hot to the touch after a short trip,
(say less than 10 miles).
And then later:
Loren suggested parking brake dragging. NOPE!
Peter said parking brake or time to rebuild caliper. NOPE!
It was easier than I thought to fix this
- Original Message -
From: Marshall Booth [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 1:16 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] squeaky something
Brian Baker wrote:
The rear hubs on both sides are very hot to the touch after a short
trip, (say less
I have been trying without success to diagnose a squeaky sound from somewhere
in my 240D. This seems to happen while just rolling along a country road,
usually after touching the brakes. The sound of a bird or cricket chirping
will occure for 3 or 4 revolutions of the wheels and is quite
