Well, if this is going where I think then one Alpha Sierra will wipe out
years worth of attaboys and no amount of attaboys will ever wipe out a
whole Alpha Sierra.

Did I get that right?

Mike
On Sep 10, 2012 4:38 PM, "WILTON" <wilt...@nc.rr.com> wrote:

> Others may use it - after all, how'm I ever gonna get one, otherwise.
>  BTW, how many ATTABOYs does it take to clear away one Alpha Sierra;
> conversely, how many Alpha Sierras does it take to wipe out 10,000 ATTABOYs?
>
> Wilton
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dieselhead" <126die...@gmail.com>
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> Sent: Monday, September 10, 2012 4:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] 190D brakes
>
>
>  Good for you!  It is nice when a job goes as planned, even with the heat
>> wrench that was added to the original plan.  I will leave the Attaboy for
>> Wilton, as it is his name brand.
>>
>>
>>
>>  My wife reported that the brakes in the 190D "made a noise and then got
>>> quiet" and it scared her. Apparently her definition of "quiet" and mine
>>> aren't the same because when I tried it the right front wheel made an
>>> ungodly racket. It'd had a hardened spot on the rotor for some time so I'd
>>> already ordered new rotors and pads. Yesterday I installed.
>>>
>>> Remember a couple weeks ago I asked about replacing the rotor without
>>> pulling the hub? A year or two ago I'd done the bearings on the passenger
>>> front and the rotor kept falling off as I tried to set the preload. Well
>>> yesterday that &^%$@#! rotor wouldn't come off for love nor money. I had to
>>> pull the hub and balance it on two 2x4s and beat the hub out of the rotor.
>>> On that side the pads fell out of the caliper when I pulled it, neither had
>>> any friction material to speak of.
>>>
>>> On the other side one of the big bolts that holds the caliper on would
>>> NOT come off. I resorted to the heat wrench which is hard because the small
>>> bolts have a little rubber bellows thing on them, I didn't realize at the
>>> time I could take rubber bellows thing off. On that side the pads were
>>> fine... I *think* when I did the bearing I got grease on the rotor which
>>> created the hardspot and ruined the pads. So it goes.
>>>
>>> Rusty sent me ceramic pads, I don't remember what brand he said they
>>> were but they were in a Textar box. Apparently Akebono doesn't have an
>>> application for a 190D. The rotors he sent (I spec'd the cheap PBR ones
>>> which I had used on my '83 240D with success) are very nice and thick. They
>>> weigh about twice the ones I took off and are marked "Made in Germany" on
>>> the rim.
>>>
>>> My wife is VERY pleased with the new brakes and much more confident in
>>> the car and my abilities. The latter is of course a nice feeling.
>>>
>>> -Curt
>>>
>>
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