"With-a-G is back to not having anything written after his username" (with-a-g)
02/18/2014 at 14:46 • Filed to: help me oppo, shop advice, mercedes, diy
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"With-a-G is back to not having anything written after his username" (with-a-g)
02/18/2014 at 14:46 • Filed to: help me oppo, shop advice, mercedes, diy | 1
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Anyone?
I (figuratively) threw the workshop iPad down in disgust when I realized my 2004 Mercedes had this bit of German engineering baked in. (Yes, it was an insufficiently researched purchase, but I still love it.)
Short story about Sensotronics: The car keeps a reservoir of electrically-pumped high pressure brake fluid for braking whenever the master computer wants to. If you don't properly disable the electronics and try to do a brake job, you can/will permanently damage your brakes and possibly clamp stray pieces of matter (including fingers) in the automatically-actuating calipers.
Have any opponauts done their own brake jobs on Sensotronic systems? What's the deal? What are the precautions? What are the risks, assuming I follow your collective advice?
Also: on a car like this, should I machine the rotors every time or only sometimes ?
EL_ULY
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02/18/2014 at 14:52 |
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disconnect the ABS module. If you are doing the brakes and someone hits the key fob or opens a door, the car's network will be activated. Since the brake calipers will not be showing the correct bar (pressure) they will try to close. You can loose a finger easy. When I did brakes for Mercs, I just disconnected the ABS module. Nothing too fancy.
Party-vi
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02/18/2014 at 14:54 |
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Apparently you can unplug the control unit for the Sensotronic system . It's under the hood.