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W210 Rear Brake Pads - Sensor on one side only!
Good day!
I am in midst of changing rear brake pads on our '98 E320. This car has the single pin type calipers. I bought a set of Pagid pads from on-line supplier. They had two choices based on VIN# - one for single pin (newer cars) and one for double pin (older cars). I changed the drivers side with no problem. Then I find on the passenger side, that there is a wear sensor and the spring is a different shape to allow for the sensor. This seems a bit strange - sensor on just one side? Problem I have is, that pads do not have cut-out or drilled hole for sensor. I could modify the pad, but my inclination is to just disable the sensor. What do you think? I don't have easy access to WIS and don't have a manual to check if this is how the car should be. Car only had 48K km when I got it and records didn't show any brake work having been done. Graham |
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I wouldn't be surprised if you've been supplied with the wrong pads. Its happened to me when buying EBC pads, even supplied with the VIN.
On mine, both front calipers have wear sensors. |
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The parts are supposed to be right, but all pads wee identical. What I did, was modify one of the pads. Required cutting a u-shaped slot, drilling the pad for the sensor and using a Dremel tool to thin the edge of teh slot down so the sensor would fit. SEEMS to be OK. Graham |
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Not unusual...I changed the front pads on my former 99 ML320...the sensor only exists on the driver's side caliper.
I suppose the engineers determined that pads would wear evenly on either side, so it was no longer necessary to have sensors on both.
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