Good for you.
All i have ever used is a crapsman 5/16 x 8" screwdriver to squeeze
between the rotor and the old pad. Front and rear. Don't know if
the 201 has different rears. The ATE calipers are easy. my 124
front has girling and they are not so easy. I can't remember what i
had to do to change the girlings, but it is doable. The price for
the fronts sounds right for ATE. Not sure why the rears are
pricier. May your 201 has girling rears?
At 01:08 PM 10/16/2008, you wrote:
Thanks for the great input, guys. I have a question regarding a special
tool I was told I need.
I pulled off the wheels the day before yesterday and it seems to me
the 190D needs to be parked until the brakes get replaced. The only
damage I saw to a rotor was the drivers side rear which had a very
thin line cut into it.
So since the car is unusable, I marched (literally. well, being pulled
by my Doberman) down to AutoJoke and got their cheapest pads. $15 or
so for front, $25 or so for rear. Why the rear was more expensive, I
dont know.
Was surprised to see that that very little or no hardware came with them.
They guy sold me two packets of pin lube. Sounds familiar.
But he also told me I need a tool to compress the calipers on the
rear. Otherwise I will ruin the calipers. He says this is because they
are hooked via cable to the emergency brake.
So I bought the tool ($55), but the promise is that I can return it
for full refund, though they didnt put this in writing as I asked them
to.
Im hoping I dont run into any more unexpected difficulties. Hoping I
can find the manual CD and that it covers brake jobs.
Brian
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