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Originally Posted by riethoven
I think the chances of your brakes just failing are very small because MB uses a dual diagonal system so that if one part of the brakes fail such as the LF, you would lose the RR but still have the RF & LR. Stopping distances go up dramatically, but at least you still have hydraulic brakes and are not totally dependent on the parking brake.
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The systems are divided into front and rear brakes. The forward reservoir feeds the rear section of the m/c for the front brakes. The rear reservoir feeds the front section of the m/c for the rear brakes. There is no diagonal system.
This description applies to the W126. The W123 may have a different m/c setup, but it does not have a diagonal system.