Re: [MBZ] OMG!! We almost died!

2015-03-07 Thread clay via Mercedes
I was not witness to the wheel wiggle visual. A person could tell that something was not right and that there was movement of a sort at the wheel point from inside the car. It felt to me that the caliper had come loose, or that a bushing was allowing excess movement when changing direction fr

Re: [MBZ] OMG!! We almost died!

2015-03-07 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Glad you caught this, but I'm confused. I don't understand how a missing caliper bolt would make the wheel wiggle. There's no relationship between the caliper and the wheel as far as the wheel's position. Please elaborate. Dan > On Mar 7, 2015, at 8:47 PM, clay via Mercedes wrote: > > M

[MBZ] OMG!! We almost died!

2015-03-07 Thread clay via Mercedes
Months ago, #1 boy and I installed new rotors on his w140. We had already done the pads long before. About three weeks ago, the driver side front wheel began groaning when he would shift from reverse to drive. Around the same time the boy had been doing 50 work weeks on the 0400-1400 shift.