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Originally Posted by barry123400
Well this has inspired me to some degree. Have one 123 that the brakes seem sub standard in comparison to the other 123s. Booster seems to be ok and pads seem good. Although to be fair I never deglazed them. Paricularly no obvious sticking calipers. Rebuilt master cylinder more as a precautionary thing when first aquired car. Guess will know what i am going to be doing to that brake system this spring. Will deglaze and reinstall pads first just to check. Do not like the pedal effort required on this car and has been the same since i got it.I kind of suspect yours felt much the same before you did the job. Almost makes a guy wonder if the pistons get hung up a little as they are extending. Seems impossible though. My bet is still the pads have a low coefficent of friction from previous usage. The good thing about your calipers replacement is since you notice less drag the rotors and pads will wear a lot slower.
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I kept my old front pads.....I have not replaced them yet....just the Calipers.....I want to put new wheel bearings with fresh grease when I put the new front rotors and pads on it...since the hubs have to come off the spindles to do so.
so the change was purely calipers and had nothing to do with the pads. IT went from compairitively heavy brakes to very light as my W116 has....so now you can put the passenger through the windshield with a light tap of the brakes rather than stomping on them.