95 E300 Front Brake Issue - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

stcbenz83 · #1 02-27-2012, 08:14 PM

So, about 3 or 4 weeks ago.., my E300 decided to more or less fall apart to the point that I had to take it off the road. Had a few minor issues that, I was hoping would wait until the spring to address. In the meantime, I'm driving my older brothers new Camry (mycar) as he's currently living in Whistler Canada until April so, thankfully have a free car to drive.

Anyways, to make a long and expensive story short, I'm now left with 2 issue's left to address. First of which is a DS ball joint or, LCA (not going to mess with refurbishing mine as, in the end it'll be easier to just replace the whole arm).

The second is a front brake problem. I had my front wheel bearings replaced by my dads mechanic as I've been really pressed for time and busy (why i let the issues go to begin with) anyways, after I got the car back, I noticed the whenever I was going slow or backing out of my driveway if I turned the wheel right about 90 degs, the front brakes would start grabbing??? This issue sort of became worse until I replaced the front hubs and when I would make a right turn i would notice a decrease in speed. Well, now that the hubs have been replaced, I still have the same thing EXCEPT, it occasionally will make this 'light metal on metal' ringing noise when I'm driving in a straight line But, have also noted that the noise will come on occasion (when no noise was present) when I turn either right or left. It's like the sound a wet finger on a crystal wine glass makes, if that makes sense. Sooooo, from what i've researched, it could be a number of things but, here's what I know:

It's coming from the driver side front tire and
the noise is inconsistent
It's definitely a separate noise from the lower ball joint.

I've read that the brake's on the 95 W124 are prone to warped rotors, what brand rotor is recommended so I wont have to replace them in 5k? Also, the ABS speed sensor in the rear dif. broke when replacing the rear subframe mounts. though its ordered and should be here tomorrow, would the ABS pump have any effect on putting the car into a (limp mode) other than turning the ABS off? Also, I noticed that the caliper on the DS, the pad is basically touching the rotor. I can't get the smallest feeler gauge to even fit in between?? I know they're more or less suppose to rest very close but...

Does anyone have a similar situation they have encountered or, any advice? I'd hate to just start throwing parts at it as i've just dumped $1500 in parts in the last 3 weeks.....

Thanks guys!