It's probably to handle the additional weight in the rear - more weight means it needs more braking power. If you don't load up the rear, the sedan calipers would most likely be fine, and better than no rear brakes!
On Tue, Dec 7, 2021 at 12:33 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I wonder how much difference it makes. W123 will not have any fancy ABS > nannies and most of the braking is done by the front wheels anyway. > > On Tue, Dec 7, 2021, at 1:26 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: > > More 300TD caliper info: > > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/265371321585?epid=1923400804&hash=item3dc95d04f1:g:w5cAAOSwz1thcgE- > > > > "Please note Wagon rear calipers have 42mm pistons. They are different > than > > sedan rear calipers which have 38mm pistons. The 42mm piston rear > calipers > > are unique to w123 wagons. You can tell wagon caliper by “27” casting on > > the side. The sedan calipers will be marked “26” instead. Wagon calipers > > are no longer available from rebuilders. Still available new from ATE but > > for around $300." > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 7, 2021 at 1:14 PM Andrew Strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> Tom Hanson says correct PN is 123-420-12-83 but NLA > >> > >> But there is a new ATE RR caliper on ebay if I want to shell out the > $$s: > >> > >> > >> > https://www.ebay.com/itm/152589078297?hash=item2387048f19:g:KF0AAOSwDk5T~zMA > >> > >> > >> On Tue, Dec 7, 2021 at 11:54 AM Andrew Strasfogel < > astrasfo...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> My only concern is that my indie tech (who has owned and repaired 123 > >>> diesels for decades) thinks that the RR caliper for the wagon differs > from > >>> that of the sedan. I will double check with Tom Hanson. > >>> > >>> On Tue, Dec 7, 2021 at 8:45 AM mitch--- via Mercedes < > >>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> The prices at the link given earlier seem reasonable, to somebody who > >>>> paid $120 in 1988 dollars (mail order) for Girling front calipers for > >>>> Saab 99. > >>>> > >>>> Somebody made some $$ on eBay: > >>>> https://www.ebay.com/itm/293492379165 > >>>> > >>>> On 2021-12-07 03:43, Frederick Moir via Mercedes wrote: > >>>> > 201 420 03 83 64 > >>>> > 201 420 02 83 64 > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________ > >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com > >>>> > >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>>> > >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >>>> > >>>> > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher Von Braun 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
