About a month ago the car began having a sticky right rear brake.
I checked this and found the brakepads totally worn so I replaced those and for about a week the prob was solved.Then it came back!
After some asking in the Tech forum I was convinced it was caused by a worn piston seal,since they are not that expensive I oredered these from MB,had to come from Köln Germany but who cares.I had them in a few days but untill today no time to install them.
So today i took the car out of the garage ( small garage I have to take to car out just to work on it ) jacked it up and took the wheel off. And tears jumped in my eyes
The inside of the wheel was covered with brakefluid and the brakedisk was badly damaged I can't even describe how it looks.
So there I was wondering what the f**k I should do now.
If I replace pistonseal and brakedisc would it be ok ?
If I only would replace the pistonseal I would probably wear out a brakepad a week so that's no option.
So I called the locall MB dealer (who has a great reputation) and started out ordering a new disk but after discussing with him about difference in wear of rear disks I decided on a totall renewing of the rear brakes.So 2 new disks,2 complete calipers with new seals and pads etc.
Will cost me a leg aprr. $ 700 usd.
But then I know the brakes are good ??
Should I change the brakefluid while I'm at it ??
Since this is going to be a DIY job any pointers on any tricky stuff I could encounter ?
I'm stretching my budget so i hope it will be an easy job ??
The parts I take off can be rebuild ??
And offcourse the parts have to come from Germany again so no driving this weekend
I thought of looking for parts from a donor car but with brakes and other safety related parts I don't want to take the chance of replacing one bad part with the other.