Disc brake pads do drag very slightly at all times. The pads do not "pull back" when you release the brake pedal, they just stop squeezing.
Allan -- 1983 300D On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:02:03 -0700, "Alex Chamberlain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > I just got done jacking up the newly acquired POS 300E and getting > under it as part of assessing its immediate needs prior to placing a > Rusty order. Took the back left wheel off first because it was making > awful scraping noises every time I hit the brakes. I have never seen > pads with so little pad left on them, nor a rotor with such an uneven > surface. Yikes. That explains it. One funny thing: turning the same > wheel by hand (with the shifter in neutral and the parking brake off) > produced a very faint version of the same metal-on-metal scraping > sound. Dragging caliper? It seemed like the wheel offered a normal > amount of resistance to being spun by hand. I could have put the > other 124 up in the air and compared the two side-by-side, but I was > too lazy to play musical jackstands. Bad bearing? Dry differential? > (It's visibly leaking, who knows for how long.) > > Alex Chamberlain > '87 300D Turbo, '86 300E, et al. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
