Re: [MBZ] In praise of ATE brakes

2016-12-27 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
Used to use! My 124 has Girlings on the front and you have to take the whole caliper out to change pads. Muey Stupido! fmiser via Mercedes December 27, 2016 at 4:18 PM Curley wrote: All these other crap brands you have to take off the frickin calipers.

Re: [MBZ] In praise of ATE brakes

2016-12-27 Thread fmiser via Mercedes
Curley wrote: All these other crap brands you have to take off the frickin calipers. Mooey stupido! Single piston vs dual piston that MB uses. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change

Re: [MBZ] In praise of ATE brakes

2016-12-27 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Other than screwing in the calipers the brakes on an A4 Golf are super easy. Grease the pins, mine is the only car I've ever seen stuck pins on... Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 7:42 PM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes wrote: Gotta do the

Re: [MBZ] In praise of ATE brakes

2016-12-26 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
Now that I know the trick, i will move faster next time. The second front took maybe 15 min and the second rear, maybe an hour. It first rear probably took 2.5 and killed 4, between taking breaks before and after youboob sessions and trying to figure out the boot stuck to the puck. (Going

Re: [MBZ] In praise of ATE brakes

2016-12-26 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
Gotta do the brakes on the Golf this week, same deal on the rear brakes (it's the screw type parking brake that causes the issue, but you don't have the drum brake parking brake to deal with). Not really looking forward to it, but it's gotta be done. First major thing on the Golf since I