Thread: Rebuild W126 bendix calipers?
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Old 01-14-2013, 12:21 PM
Brian Carlton Brian Carlton is offline
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Originally Posted by gerryvz View Post
My recommendation, honestly, is to just shop around and get loaded calipers. You can get them through O'Reilly, Amazon.com and other parts vendors. I believe they should run anywhere from $90-120 apiece, and you can specify ATE or Bendix depending on what your car has. I recommend keeping the same brand that your car came with, if possible. You can get ATE rebuild kits via the normal vendors for $30-40.

Cheers,
Gerry
Agreed.

You only rebuild a M/B caliper once. Then you go out and buy the loaded calipers for all subsequent work.
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