Re: [MBZ] Musical stuck calipers?

[Max Dillon via Mercedes]

That happened to me once with a drum brake, on SWMBO's Fiat that had been 
sitting for a year or two.  Stuck on, smoking hot, pulled over, backed up a bit 
and hit the brake pedal hard, brake released and I had no more trouble.
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Charleston SC
'87 300TD
'95 E300

On February 18, 2018 12:56:30 AM EST, Curley McLain via Mercedes 
 wrote:
>Well there are 3 ways to get a stuck nut to move:  1) chemical soak; 2)
>
>Flame wrench; 3) nut cracker
>
>Perhaps "Smokin; Hot"  (a term generally reserved to female Homo 
>sapiens) broke the rust loose.  So now the caliper works?
>
>> Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes 
>> February 17, 2018 at 10:07 PM
>> Well got done with dinner and headed home.  It was dark and I then 
>> discovered I had no dash lights.  I guess I get to pull the cluster 
>> tomorrow and fix the pot.  I also had no tag lights so I stopped at 
>> wally world to buy some Dot 4 and some new bulbs. Fixed the tag
>lights 
>> in the parking lot.  Never had a brake issue on the way home.  I 
>> figured it would have heated up about the time I got home like it did
>
>> earlier when I got to the red lobster.  In fact, the LF wheel was not
>
>> even warm at all were as before it was smoking hot.  I checked the 
>> other wheels and the LR wheel felt warm where as the RR did not, and 
>> none of the other wheels did. What is up with that?  Why would that 
>> one caliper seem to lock up so bad it starts smoking, then later does
>
>> not?  Is it possible the brake fluid change will fix this?  I would 
>> think if a caliper was going to lock up it would not later be fine.
>>
>>
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Re: [MBZ] Musical stuck calipers?

[Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes]

She is ready to go now. All new hoses and brakes good and straight 

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> On Feb 18, 2018, at 11:24 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> I had a set of hoses on hand so I swapped them out. Got a couple of other 
> odds and ends to address then will hit the road with it again. 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Feb 18, 2018, at 1:14 AM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> Recommend checking the brake hoses.
>> 
>> On Feb 17, 2018 11:08 PM, "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" <
>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Well got done with dinner and headed home.  It was dark and I then
>>> discovered I had no dash lights.  I guess I get to pull the cluster
>>> tomorrow and fix the pot.  I also had no tag lights so I stopped at wally
>>> world to buy some Dot 4 and some new bulbs. Fixed the tag lights in the
>>> parking lot.  Never had a brake issue on the way home.  I figured it would
>>> have heated up about the time I got home like it did earlier when I got to
>>> the red lobster.  In fact, the LF wheel was not even warm at all were as
>>> before it was smoking hot.  I checked the other wheels and the LR wheel
>>> felt warm where as the RR did not, and none of the other wheels did. What
>>> is up with that?  Why would that one caliper seem to lock up so bad it
>>> starts smoking, then later does not?  Is it possible the brake fluid change
>>> will fix this?  I would think if a caliper was going to lock up it would
>>> not later be fine.
>>> 
>>> 
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Re: [MBZ] Musical stuck calipers?

[Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes]

It was brown but not real bad 

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> On Feb 18, 2018, at 11:42 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes 
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> Was the fluid as I expected?
> (brown with Kraft caramel granules inside the caliper you removed)
> Mitch.
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Re: [MBZ] Musical stuck calipers?

[Mitch Haley via Mercedes]

Was the fluid as I expected?
(brown with Kraft caramel granules inside the caliper you removed)
Mitch.

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Re: [MBZ] Musical stuck calipers?

[Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes]

I had a set of hoses on hand so I swapped them out. Got a couple of other odds 
and ends to address then will hit the road with it again. 

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> On Feb 18, 2018, at 1:14 AM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> Recommend checking the brake hoses.
> 
> On Feb 17, 2018 11:08 PM, "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> 
>> Well got done with dinner and headed home.  It was dark and I then
>> discovered I had no dash lights.  I guess I get to pull the cluster
>> tomorrow and fix the pot.  I also had no tag lights so I stopped at wally
>> world to buy some Dot 4 and some new bulbs. Fixed the tag lights in the
>> parking lot.  Never had a brake issue on the way home.  I figured it would
>> have heated up about the time I got home like it did earlier when I got to
>> the red lobster.  In fact, the LF wheel was not even warm at all were as
>> before it was smoking hot.  I checked the other wheels and the LR wheel
>> felt warm where as the RR did not, and none of the other wheels did. What
>> is up with that?  Why would that one caliper seem to lock up so bad it
>> starts smoking, then later does not?  Is it possible the brake fluid change
>> will fix this?  I would think if a caliper was going to lock up it would
>> not later be fine.
>> 
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Re: [MBZ] Musical stuck calipers?

[Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes]

Recommend replacing the brake hoses. They are cheap and easy to do.

On Feb 18, 2018 2:14 AM, "Scott Ritchey via Mercedes" 
wrote:

> Recommend checking the brake hoses.
>
> On Feb 17, 2018 11:08 PM, "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
> > Well got done with dinner and headed home.  It was dark and I then
> > discovered I had no dash lights.  I guess I get to pull the cluster
> > tomorrow and fix the pot.  I also had no tag lights so I stopped at wally
> > world to buy some Dot 4 and some new bulbs. Fixed the tag lights in the
> > parking lot.  Never had a brake issue on the way home.  I figured it
> would
> > have heated up about the time I got home like it did earlier when I got
> to
> > the red lobster.  In fact, the LF wheel was not even warm at all were as
> > before it was smoking hot.  I checked the other wheels and the LR wheel
> > felt warm where as the RR did not, and none of the other wheels did. What
> > is up with that?  Why would that one caliper seem to lock up so bad it
> > starts smoking, then later does not?  Is it possible the brake fluid
> change
> > will fix this?  I would think if a caliper was going to lock up it would
> > not later be fine.
> >
> >
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Re: [MBZ] Musical stuck calipers?

[Scott Ritchey via Mercedes]

Recommend checking the brake hoses.

On Feb 17, 2018 11:08 PM, "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> Well got done with dinner and headed home.  It was dark and I then
> discovered I had no dash lights.  I guess I get to pull the cluster
> tomorrow and fix the pot.  I also had no tag lights so I stopped at wally
> world to buy some Dot 4 and some new bulbs. Fixed the tag lights in the
> parking lot.  Never had a brake issue on the way home.  I figured it would
> have heated up about the time I got home like it did earlier when I got to
> the red lobster.  In fact, the LF wheel was not even warm at all were as
> before it was smoking hot.  I checked the other wheels and the LR wheel
> felt warm where as the RR did not, and none of the other wheels did. What
> is up with that?  Why would that one caliper seem to lock up so bad it
> starts smoking, then later does not?  Is it possible the brake fluid change
> will fix this?  I would think if a caliper was going to lock up it would
> not later be fine.
>
>
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Re: [MBZ] Musical stuck calipers?

[fmiser via Mercedes]

> Kaleb wrote:

> Well got done with dinner and headed home. 

>  Never had a brake issue on the way home. 

> the LF wheel was not even warm at all were as before it was smoking hot.

> What is up with that?  Why would that one
> caliper seem to lock up so bad it starts smoking, then later
> does not? 

Sounds like a hose to me.  If you applied lots of brake pressure
during the drive out it could have squeezed passed the swelled
hose resulting in the brake getting stuck on.  By the time you
drove home, the pressure bled off - and if you didn't use lots of
brake pressure during the drive home it could have stayed off.

Bleed the brakes. If one doesn't bleed easily, then the hose is
bad.

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Re: [MBZ] Musical stuck calipers?

[Curley McLain via Mercedes]

Well there are 3 ways to get a stuck nut to move:  1) chemical soak; 2) 
Flame wrench; 3) nut cracker


Perhaps "Smokin; Hot"  (a term generally reserved to female Homo 
sapiens) broke the rust loose.  So now the caliper works?



Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes 
February 17, 2018 at 10:07 PM
Well got done with dinner and headed home.  It was dark and I then 
discovered I had no dash lights.  I guess I get to pull the cluster 
tomorrow and fix the pot.  I also had no tag lights so I stopped at 
wally world to buy some Dot 4 and some new bulbs. Fixed the tag lights 
in the parking lot.  Never had a brake issue on the way home.  I 
figured it would have heated up about the time I got home like it did 
earlier when I got to the red lobster.  In fact, the LF wheel was not 
even warm at all were as before it was smoking hot.  I checked the 
other wheels and the LR wheel felt warm where as the RR did not, and 
none of the other wheels did. What is up with that?  Why would that 
one caliper seem to lock up so bad it starts smoking, then later does 
not?  Is it possible the brake fluid change will fix this?  I would 
think if a caliper was going to lock up it would not later be fine.





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