I was going to suggest that maybe the 190D-T had special brakes but having them
be SMALLER doesn't make any sense at all...
I'd guess its either a manufacturing defect (and not an important one at that)
on the brake shoes or a poor design of same...
-Curt
--- On Sun, 6/28/09, Frederick W Moir <fred.s...@verizon.net> wrote:
From: Frederick W Moir <fred.s...@verizon.net>
Subject: RE: [MBZ] 190DT Brakes
To: "Curt Raymond" <curtlud...@yahoo.com>
Cc: "Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Date: Sunday, June 28, 2009, 12:29 PM
Hi, Curt.
Wonky heater was lack of adequate vacuum at the water valve. Leaky EGR
diaphragm responded to "leak repair" a la BB.
Not rebuilt but deferred maintenance by P.O. I must be too close to it to see
what the problem is. Whilst banging on the brakes, I used the drive shaft to
turn the wheels, and discovered where the slight shimmy at 80 was coming from,
dead and ugly drive joints plus a completely rotted center joint! One boat
payment later, and the necessary parts arrived from Rusty and viola! new drive
assembly with dragging brakes. After chamfering the outer edges of the shoes,
it works OK. Why? Damnfino! Any germane ideas welcome.
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
Diesel preferred
At 08:54 PM 6/27/2009, you wrote:
> Wow, won't be long until you've totally rebuilt that car huh? Did you ever
> figure out your wonky heater?
> The rear end on my 190D just absolutely howls. It sounds like I'm driving an
> old bus. I found a local Indy (just down the street actually) that thinks
> they might be able to properly set up a rear diff. They say they do a lot of
> 4x4 trucks with new ratios and whatnot. I need to look and see if theres a
> proceedure in the manual, I could print that and take it to them...
> -Curt
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