Thank you Peter. Your advice makes sense. If the pison stuck, can it
be fixed by replacing just the piston? Or do just the o-rings need
replacement? Is the cylinder of the caliper body usually OK?
I haven't looked at the front caliper yet. Does the front caliper have
a floating side?
Each rea
1979 240D auto 244k + miles
Wickford, RI
Bissell Cove Quahog & Auto Salvage Co.
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From: "Kaleb C. Striplin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mercedes mailing list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 9:18 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 12
You need to rebuild the calipers, it's easy on this particular set (you
can push the pistons back in by hand!). Quick fix. I would do the
fronts as well, and check the condition of the pin and bushings the
floating caliper slides on -- if they rattle or move sideways, replace
them too (kits a
sounds like maybe your brake hoses are bad and need to be replaced.
This is likely because you couldnt push the pistons in with hose hooked
up but could when you removed then.
ned kleinhenz wrote:
I found an unusual (to me) situation when replacing the rear brake
pads on one of my '95 E300D.
I found an unusual (to me) situation when replacing the rear brake
pads on one of my '95 E300D. A dealer replaced the disks and pads at
some point just short of 300k mi, perhaps 2-1/2 years ago. It's now
at 352k mi. The rear brakes started making noise, so today I started
replacing the pads mys
