Fronts on my 240D are from Advance. One leaked, they replaced it no questions
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-Curt
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 22:46:55 -0400
From: Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu
Subject: [MBZ] grrr. siezed caliper
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
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Loren Faeth lfa...@leadingchange.com writes:
Age doesn't matter if someone dumped DOT3 fluid in it. Gotta be DOT
4. I only use castrol DOT 4, but that is just me.
I've used only Valvoline synthetic DOT 4 fluid.
Allan
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1983 300D
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Allan Streib wrote:
On the passenger rear brake the
inboard piston is siezed in the caliper.
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
Check the brake hoses first, might be swelled shut.
That would affect both the pistons - not just the inboard.
-- Philip
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Well nobody who's open today has a caliper in stock. So looks like I'll
be calling Rusty on Monday.
The drivers side caliper was OK.
The rotors were in terrible shape. I had ordered new ones because I
could see through the gaps in the wheels that they were starting to get
uneven and I could
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Fmiser wrote:
Allan Streib wrote:
On the passenger rear brake the
inboard piston is siezed in the caliper.
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
Check the brake hoses first, might be swelled shut.
That would affect both the pistons - not just the inboard.
-- Philip
Well I thought I'd have a quick job of changing my brake pads this
afternoon. On the passenger rear brake the inboard piston is siezed in
the caliper.
So just to get this done before Monday, I'm tempted to try AutoZone or
Pep Boys tomorrow to see if they have one. The one on there now is one
I
Depends on why it's stuck. If the piston is cocked in the bore, you
can usually persuade it to come out, then you need a rebuild kit.
Otherwise, yeah, they are all pretty much the same.
Change the rotor -- I suspect the piston is stuck because the rotor
is too thin and the backing plate
Check the brake hoses first, might be swelled shut
Allan Streib wrote:
Well I thought I'd have a quick job of changing my brake pads this
afternoon. On the passenger rear brake the inboard piston is siezed in
the caliper.
So just to get this done before Monday, I'm tempted to try AutoZone or
Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net writes:
Check the brake hoses first, might be swelled shut
Hoses and calipers are less than 2 years old.
Allan
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Allan wrote:
Hoses and calipers are less than 2 years old.
Push the piston in and then use the brake pedal to push it out again.
Exercise it a bit and you might be fine, or, as Peter said, it might
be cocked. I would try the exercise bit before I spend more dollars
for a rebuilt.
mao
Mountain Man maontin@gmail.com writes:
Push the piston in and then use the brake pedal to push it out again.
Exercise it a bit and you might be fine, or, as Peter said, it might
be cocked. I would try the exercise bit before I spend more dollars
for a rebuilt.
Have not been able to get
Age doesn't matter if someone dumped DOT3 fluid in it. Gotta be DOT
4. I only use castrol DOT 4, but that is just me.
(unless you purge and flush all and do the Dot5 switch, but that
starts a discussion much the same as oil.) In that case, no Dot 3
anyway. Best to only buy dot 4. It works
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