Well I finished replacing my Calipers....I had the left rear inner piston sticking but did all four so I would have piece of mind. I did the rear 2 nights ago...Remanufactured calipers, new rotors, and new texel pads. You could definately tell I had brakes dragging. Had more pep off the line. Last night I replaced the front calipers, I kept the old pads and rotors till I have time to do the wheel bearings...at 151K I think I will put new ones on it rather than take the time to clean and repack the old ones that likely have never been repacked, I will put new Texel pads on it along with new rotors at that time, the car now required less effort to stop than it ever did since the fronts were replaced also. The brake fluid that came out of the lines was pretty nasty looking....very dark...obviously pretty old. Point to make to you folk who haven't flushed yours to consider doing it the next nice day. I always felt the brakes on my W123 were inferior to my W116 as they required more effort to stop the car.....with a fluid flush and 4 new calipers I change that assesment...the brakes now feel on par with my W116.

Funny thing I noticed doing this...I couldn't find a brand on the original rear calipers and since I grabbed generic pads to buy me time since one rotor gat chewed up going metal on metal due to the stuck piston I "assumed" it was the more common Bendix Calipers...I decided after a lot of thought to do all four so ordered 4 bendix calipers. Last night Pulling the front caliper I was shocked to see ATE on the caliper...so I HAD ATE calipers and nor bendix....well I prayed the ATE pads would fit the Bendix calipers since pars books show different part numbers for either....well they fit ..so I can finish the rest on the next fairly warm sunny day and not be working in the dark (except for a trouble light) freezing my behind off.

I have no idea why parts catalogs shows different pads for ATE and Bendix calipers when they both are identical. as I had the old and new pads side by side to compare.

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Proud owner of ....
1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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