Re: [MBZ] Binding brakes
My money is on the calibre. On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 11:21 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Whatever you do, don't loose you're break petal! --R On 9/14/14 10:53 AM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote: Feel how hard it is to turn the wheel. Slightly unscrew the hose at the caliper to release pressure. Then see if the wheel turns easier. Easier to use the bleed screw. Only three possibilities I'm aware of: Binding calipers. Deteriorating hoses. Bad release valve in MC. Make sure the brake pedal comes all the way up! -- Jim ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Binding brakes
So are they .22, .25, .32, .50? ;) Wilton - Original Message - From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net; Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, September 15, 2014 1:06 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Binding brakes My money is on the calibre. On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 11:21 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Whatever you do, don't loose you're break petal! --R On 9/14/14 10:53 AM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote: Feel how hard it is to turn the wheel. Slightly unscrew the hose at the caliper to release pressure. Then see if the wheel turns easier. Easier to use the bleed screw. Only three possibilities I'm aware of: Binding calipers. Deteriorating hoses. Bad release valve in MC. Make sure the brake pedal comes all the way up! -- Jim ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Binding brakes
My money is on sclerotic brake lines. Replace the rubber lines and bleed the brakes. Good luck! On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 12:47 AM, Euan Kennedy via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: A question from the Colonies My 300 TD hasn't had a run for quite a while. Almost six months. Last week, she and I ventured out for a sunny Sunday drive. I found that the front disk brakes were binding. The faster I went of course the more they bound. I limped home at 50 kph which seemed to be the speed at which air flow over the rotors cancelled friction heat. I'm assuming that the problem lies not in the calipers but elsewhere. Any ideas? Cheers Euan Christchurch, NZ 1985 W123 300TD 5-spd manual 220K miles ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Binding brakes
Feel how hard it is to turn the wheel. Slightly unscrew the hose at the caliper to release pressure. Then see if the wheel turns easier. Easier to use the bleed screw. Only three possibilities I'm aware of: Binding calipers. Deteriorating hoses. Bad release valve in MC. Make sure the brake pedal comes all the way up! -- Jim ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Binding brakes
Whatever you do, don't loose you're break petal! --R On 9/14/14 10:53 AM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote: Feel how hard it is to turn the wheel. Slightly unscrew the hose at the caliper to release pressure. Then see if the wheel turns easier. Easier to use the bleed screw. Only three possibilities I'm aware of: Binding calipers. Deteriorating hoses. Bad release valve in MC. Make sure the brake pedal comes all the way up! -- Jim ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
