Yeah, hard to tell from here as well. There is no known dirt, I cleaned stuff up pretty well. Shoes are not set overly well, but there are positioning springs in the center of the shoes that sort of hold them to position. I closed the adjuster to minimal since I would need to mess with it when the disk was on.
On May 29, 2015, at 3:43 PM, MG via Mercedes wrote: > I would take the disks off of both sides and look to see what the difference > is between the side that fit and the one that doesn't. > Could be as simple as the shoe not set in the right place, might need to be > moved up? or the adjuster is not backed in all the way. Some dirt in it? > Hard to tell from here. > > Manfred > > >> Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 11:50:59 -0700 >> From: clay <redgh...@comcast.net> >> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> Subject: [MBZ] parking brake fiasco >> Message-ID: <996d035d-35a2-4143-a0d9-912ed905b...@comcast.net> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >> The original parking brake set up on the w115 300D had failed and I had the >> set I was going to use on Gump available. #1 boy and I jacked up the car >> and got them on. The problem now is that the driver side rotor does not fit >> because the shoes are off center and the bottom is sticking out. I have >> tried smacking it with a rubber mallet to get it to seat. Anybody have a >> good idea of other steps to take? >> clay > > _______________________________________ > 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
