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Originally Posted by europower
it was my 1st time doing the brakes on the w124, total newbie lol
All i did was remove caliper, open up 5mm allen on bearing holding the rotor,changed the rotor replaced the bearing with the old grease on the cap, like i said i forgot to buy grease, and replaced the pads and reinstalled the calipers,i kept everything super clean and recleaned rotor with brake cleaner before closing things back up.
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Seems like you just removed the cap for no reason.
No need to do the bearings on the w124 when changing the discs. Just remove the caliper, remove 5mm allen bolt. Reverse steps to install.
There is a great DIY somewhere on here on brakes for the w124. I just did the same job.. Took all of 45 minutes.
remove brake reservoir cap
loosen lugs
jack car up
remove wheel
remove spring clip and holding pins
compress pads one side at a time with water pump pliers(compress the old pads in, not the piston itself.
Remove caliper, hang with wire.
remove said bolt.
Replace with new disc.
install bolt
Hit the disc with a daco disc or sand paper then clean with brake cleaner
reinstall caliper
install new pads with anti squeal paste on the back of pads.
check torque values.
reinstall wheel.
check torque
replace cap on reservoir.
Pump the brakes..
done