Thanks Alex, my Spring inspection and tune up is coming up soon. :-)  Now
where did I leave those axle stands??

Ed
300E

On 17/04/2008, Alex Chamberlain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 6:39 AM, Allan Streib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > 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.
> >
>
> Thanks Allan, I don't know why I didn't know that.  That makes sense
> since there is practically no pad left---the backing plates must just
> be dragging and scraping a tiny bit.
>
> Jim---the old pads are still in, but I will check out the parking
> brake as well as long as I have the rotors off.  I've already ordered
> new ones from Bimby but would like to take the old ones to the machine
> shop if possible and keep them for spares.  I remember there being a
> controversy at some point on whether Mercedes rotors can be turned or
> not---what was the conclusion?   I know Marshall, bless his soul, had
> a STRONG OPINION one way or the other but I don't remember what it
> was.  ;)
>
> Ed---when you get around to doing brakes on your 300E you will see
> that early 124s don't have wear sensors on the rear pads, only the
> fronts.  Also, if the front wear sensors are dragging they don't make
> any noise---they just make the idiot light flicker annoyingly.  I know
> because my 300D has been doing that for a long time (light
> intermittent despite plenty of pad left in the front) and I just
> haven't got around to changing them yet.
>
> Alex Chamberlain
> '87 300D, '86 300E, et al.
>
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