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Shop installed WRONG pins in front brakes...damage?
Hey all,
So i am restoring an 85' 300D but decided to let the local shop handle the brakes since i was too busy to get through it in a timely manner. Seemed to go well. They showed me that i had some mildly worn rotors but only one of them truly needed to be replaced, so i had them do that plus replace all four brake pads. I also had them bleed out the oil and put new brake oil in. He also told me i had to replace the front two pins, so he ordered them and installed them. Everything felt mostly great after. But i noticed a subtle rubbing sound in the front left wheel, when turning right and not while braking. This was not the wheel that needed a new rotor. And this rubbing had not been there previously. So i stopped by the shop and told them, and the shop owner said it he wasn't sure what it was but that sometimes brakes can seem strange as they brake in... But it didn't go away and then eventually the brake indicator light came on. So i brought it right in. He got back to me and told me that it turns out that their source for pins had delivered them the wrong ones and that they had installed them without realizing this. He said this was likely causing the rubbing sound. He also mentioned that he suspected that a sensor wire had maybe gotten pinched during the whole initial brake pad install and had caused the brake light to come on. But he hadn't checked this yet. I'm due to pick up the vehcile later today... Is there anything i should be concerned with regarding any possible damage that may have been caused by using the wrong pins? What to the pins do and what would them being the wrong size cause to happen? I want to be sure i am going to not have some other related damage crop up many months from now because of this incident. I drove probably 200 miles with the wrong pins. thanks |
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