> On November 4, 2019 at 9:16 PM Craig via Mercedes
> wrote:
> So what is this cube thing?
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Original message From: Craig via Mercedes
Date: 2019-11-04 8:16 PM (GMT-06:00) To: Mercedes
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Jetta Brakes On Mon, 4 Nov 2019 16:35:14 + (UTC)
Curt Raymond via
On Mon, 4 Nov 2019 16:35:14 + (UTC) Curt Raymond via Mercedes
wrote:
> "... the cube thing they sell you at Autozone."
So what is this cube thing?
Craig
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> On Nov 4, 2019, at 12:56 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes
> wrote:
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> I have pretty much always preferred to buy tools rather than pay for labour.
>
> Randy
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>> On 04/11/2019 11:38 AM, Curley McLain via Mercedes wrote:
>> And adds to the collection of
Here's a story from a Ford dealership in the 1980s (not my story, fortunately):
I've had to deal with detailers for years... one of the stupidest things I
encountered was new PU trucks showing up on the delivery line with dents in the
top of the hood that I know were not there when the vehicle
I will be replacing the rear calipers soon on my 04 Golf, they both stick badly
once the piston is out very far. Huge pain to get them to retract.
Sadly the seal that fails is the one part nearly impossible to find, and there
do not appear to be any rebuilt calipers of this style, only new.
VW dealers are known for putting the timing belt tensioners into TDI cars
backwards, apparently the TDI tensioners are reverse of the gassers...
-Curt
On Monday, November 4, 2019, 2:53:42 PM EST, Curley McLain via Mercedes
wrote:
Stealers screw up stuff too. All in all, I've had
That makes sense. I can see where it would be a little easier using the
compressor for both front and back. I did have to fight to get things aligned
so they could go back together in both situations, but I wouldn’t hesitate to
do it that way again - and I have a Klaan knock-off sitting on the
Well, for one reason, when I did it I had no floor jack and (2.) we used
taxi springs. (3.) I only took loose the outside of the front LCA, and
it would not go together without the springs compressed.
Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote on 11/4/19 12:51 PM:
Why would you need a spring compressor
Stealers screw up stuff too. All in all, I've had better luck with
independent shops than stealers. But yes, independent shops screw up
stuff awfully, and often. THat is why I learned I had to do it myself
or do without. Exception being Bosch authorized service centers, but I
only used
I paid a fair bit for my Klann, which was a group mailing list
buy 20+ years ago. I think there were 20 or so in the group
buy. There was a substantial savings in bulk.
Sadly, I have yet to use it. I would have, if it'd been the right
tool for the E320 (4wd) front springs. (It's not.)
-- Jim
The Chinese copy works fine for W140 front springs, which are pretty strong.
I paid a lot more than $60 for mine.
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> On November 4, 2019 at 1:44 PM Curley McLain via Mercedes
> wrote:
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> yeah, It was nice to be able to borrow Q's 126 BJ tool, and
Why would you need a spring compressor for the front springs on a W110/111? I
got mine in and out without one. It wasn’t bad at all, nor were the rears.
-D
> On Nov 4, 2019, at 1:45 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes
> wrote:
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> yeah, It was nice to be able to borrow Q's 126 BJ tool, and his
My EMS is a 1977 also.
Did you have to cut a notch in the bar to get a full 90 degree swing inside the
caliper?
I think my ruler might be 1 1/4" wide. It definitely needed the notch.
Was yours a sunroof car from the plant in Belgium? How rusty was it?
Mitch.
> On November 4, 2019 at 1:29 PM
> On November 4, 2019 at 1:12 PM Curley McLain via Mercedes
> wrote:
> And the likelihood that "somebody"
> either does not have the special tool or will otherwise screw up the job
> is HIGH!
Bingo. 30 years ago, I'd farm out jobs that required factory tools, and
invariably they'd charge
yeah, It was nice to be able to borrow Q's 126 BJ tool, and his klann
spring compressor. At least now I know how the klann is built. If I
ever do front end work on 110/111/112 again, I want one.
OK Don via Mercedes wrote on 11/4/19 12:36 PM:
Sounds like you guys need to set up a special
Sounds like you guys need to set up a special tool exchange - no sense in
everyone buying one that gets used once every five years --
On Mon, Nov 4, 2019 at 12:13 PM Curley McLain via Mercedes <
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> Definitely, for more or less regular tools, like 18" and 24" crescent
Definitely, for more or less regular tools, like 18" and 24" crescent
wrenches, big sockets, big allen wrenches, flame wrenches etc. that have
multiple uses. I strongly DISLIKE "special tools". Even IF you break
down and buy one, IF you need it another time, it is unlikely it can be
I think this could be used as a pad pusher on about any caliper. Its well made
and generates a lot of force, holds itself in place nicely. The sort of thing
where I wonder why I didn't get one sooner...
-Curt
On Monday, November 4, 2019, 12:39:16 PM EST, Curley McLain via Mercedes
wrote:
I have pretty much always preferred to buy tools rather than pay for
labour.
Randy
On 04/11/2019 11:38 AM, Curley McLain via Mercedes wrote:
And adds to the collection of mostly useless tools that have to be
stored until you need them again, because you can't devise another way
to do the
Bought my first Saab from an engineer's wife.
Well actually I bought it from him, she just came out briefly to sign the title
over.
He gave me a care package which included his brake piston wrench.
The factory tool was a steel bar with two pins to engage the holes in the
piston.
He drilled
BTDT with the special tool for the rear brakes, Infiniti not Jetta, but I
did not break the C-clamp.
Several years later, that caliper failed (stuck on) and the car had to be
towed. I suspect the failed attempt at brute-forcing the piston to retract
may have shortened the life, you may want to
Fords and Mazdas require the cube as well. First time I did rear brakes on a
Focus I nearly destroyed a C clamp. The cube is in my “oddball tools” box.
Definitely did the trick once I figured it out.
-D
> On Nov 4, 2019, at 11:35 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes
> wrote:
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> Spent the weekend
I had a similar experience replacing brake pads on my niece’s 1993 Honda Del
Sol. It had the same caliper pucks which I was able to turn with a c clamp
biting on the notches on the puck. Without the dragging rear brake, you should
be able to hit 60mpg!
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> On Nov 4, 2019, at
And adds to the collection of mostly useless tools that have to be
stored until you need them again, because you can't devise another way
to do the job.
Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote on 11/4/19 11:16 AM:
attaboy...
Whatever doesn't kill us makes us stronger? ,,,smarter?
Mitch
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Yeah, my wife's 2005 Golf is hard on pads.
As you say I put a little ceramic grease on the shoulder. I actually had to
scrape corrosion off them to be able to get the pads in...
-Curt
On Monday, November 4, 2019, 12:05:11 PM EST, David Bruckmann
wrote:
This reminds me of my hated
attaboy...
Whatever doesn't kill us makes us stronger? ,,,smarter?
Mitch
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This reminds me of my hated 2002 Golf, which, along with the Jetta, had a rear
caliper design that collected sufficient sand and corrosion (I was in Toronto
at that point) to prevent the pads from backing away from the rotor. It was a
common issue; the talk of the town over on the TDICLUB
Spent the weekend replacing the rear brakes on the 2015 Jetta. One of the pads
on the driver's side rear had apparently stuck and wore all the friction
material off until it started grinding.
I ordered new pads and rotors but didn't realize that you need a special tool,
the caliper pistons have
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