A great Christmas gift from Santa a few years ago was a digital thermal gun . It is very useful when diagnosing brakes and cooling systems. I also 'shot' my tires on RV as a quick and dirty test to assure they are all carrying the same load.
-- Peter T. Arnold P.M. x3 All Mail to: Secretary Hartford Evergreen Lodge #88 A.F. & A.M. 34 Country Club Drive Windsor, CT 06095 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dieselhead" <126die...@gmail.com> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 8:54:46 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] caliper squeezing The swelling is not from age or random. It is caused by putting DOT3 fluid in the system. It is easy to check for this condition. After driving several miles, get out and touch all 4 wheels near the lugs. If it is hot, you have a dragging brake (or parking brake. If there is nothing obviously bad, on inspection, change the hoses. An alternate way is to try to push in the caliper pucks. If they are really hard to push, but push easily with the bleeder open, the hose is swollen and needs to be replaced. >How are the brake hoses? They have been known to internally swell >and turn into check valves... > >-- >John W Reames >jwrea...@comcast.net >Home: +14106646986 >Mobile: +14437915905 > >On Dec 13, 2010, at 16:02, Rich Thomas ><richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote: > >> I just bled them all (like 3 times) a coupla weeks ago, ran new >>fluid in so I think it is probably OK. >> >> --R >> >> On 12/13/2010 3:36 PM, relng...@aol.com wrote: >>>> ...Rotor was OK. I >>>> was able to use a C-clamp to compress the outer piston a bit but the >>>> inner was not moving. I'm guessing the one piston is seized?.. >>>> >>> Did you open the bleeder a tiny bit to allow the fluid behind the piston to >>> escape? Not a good idea to push the crud in the caliper upstream. >>> >>> RLE >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >_______________________________________ >http://www.okiebenz.com >For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
