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slightly hanging-up brake, please help
My 420sel seems to have a brake that hangs up slightly once in a while. It's getting to be more frequent now and causes the steering wheel to vibrate, and if I continue on it gets worse until I stop. If I leave the car in neutral and get out and grab the right front tire i can move the car forward or backwards fairly easily. This tells me the brake is not sticking that severe, but enough to vibrate the wheel and make me stop. I here a little bit of rubbing on the right front more so than any other wheel that's what makes me believe it might be that one. I'm looking for Ideas because I dont have alot of money to throw at this problem for no reason, because it needs all 4 tires and a complete exhaust system (tires dry rot and exhaust got hole as soon as I took it out of storage New England is great! Thanks for any input on this problem, and happy motoring!! cb
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the vibrating in the steering under braking suggests a warped brake rotor, and the sticking sounds like the caliper may need to be rebuilt or replaced with a rebuilt caliper because the piston is sticking. you can buy rebuilt calipers from autozone pretty cheap, it is not that hard a job if you've done this kind of thing before and know how to bleed brakes.
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Brake fluid contaminated pad material will cause the brake to hang up too. You'll need to rebuild the caliper or replace it. I rebuilt my W126 calipers and it is not that bad of a job.
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