W126 Parking Lot Brake Job

Kinja'd!!! "SBA Thanks You For All The Fish" (santabarbarianlsx)
06/11/2020 at 13:27 • Filed to: None

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Did my son’s W126 brakes in a parking lot the other day. And, I will again sing the praises of the “honest engineering” from the Golden Era of Mercedes-Benz. Caliper mounts simple; pin-based pad-retention. Easy to work on. Quick to repair. Basically no easy way s to Screw It Up.

And, unlike other German makes of the same era (AUDI, I’m looking at you) the parts supply is both available and affordable.

The eagle-eyed amongst you will note the “trisket- wafer thin” worn pads. He had indeed worn the rears down to metal-upon-metal. Not good.

But, an hour of easy work in a Lowe’s Parking Lot in Tucson? And, good as new. The “Sedan Driven By the Afrikaaners In That Lethal Weapon Movie”? Lives to drive another day.


DISCUSSION (2)


Kinja'd!!! ihm96 > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish
06/11/2020 at 14:38

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As an E34 owner with a very similar design, I approve!


Kinja'd!!! SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > ihm96
06/11/2020 at 20:20

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I love my E34.  It’s SOOOOO much better than my newer BMWs.