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Originally Posted by jkalpin  Here are some photos of the brake problem. Both photos were taken after the car had been doing a few hours of city driving with frequent stops and starts. The first photo is a close up of the left rear disk and caliber. You will note that the disk surface is bright and shiny. The second photo is a close up of the right rear disk and caliper. You can see that the bottom portion of the disk is shiny and clean but the upper portion has big rust streaks. Its almost like the pad is not properly engaging the top portion of the disk. I'm wondering if the cylinder is seized, etc? If you look at the photos at the beginning of this thread, it looks like I have the same problem.
Any thoughts?
Jordan. |
Hi Jordan and hi to all friends here, happy new year..!
After some days off i am back.. As Jordan's photos shows its EXACTLY the same problem with me...
And yes the solution is to USE the brakes HARD and often... On my BRAND new REPLACED discs started the same thing on the same side! but this time about 1cm from the edge.. I noticed one major point: if the rust starts (hard rust) it starts to wear out the pads because the surface is not shiny anymore.. so i made my brakes into pieces (very easy...) and sanded by hand the disc. After that day my disc remains clear and shiny(!).. Be careful!!! i got seriously injured on my finger because as i was turning the disc i got cut between the steady and moving part... much blood and pain!!!! Damned Mercedes!!!!!! grrr!!! Now i am ok and i have a very clear disc!!! ha ha ha.. but i am trying day from day and make a ride with hard braking...seems that our Mercedes is like a baby... needs to spend some time every day with her(!)
Greetings to ALL!!