I plan to eventually upgrade my 300SD to the bigger gen2 brakes, but for now I wanted to replace the pads and rotors with cheap ones since whats on there is pretty worn. So, I pulled the passenger side wheel and checked the brand of caliper, and ordered a set of pads for the Bendix calipers. Then, I was going to change the pads and pulled the drivers side wheel and the caliper says ATE on it. Does anyone know if the pads are the same? I know that it would be ideal for them to be both the same brand, but unless the pistons are different sizes I don't see it being that big a deal.

Same pad...according to my service data.

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Did you just pass my 740 at 200 kmh in a 300SD?????

1978 300SD 'Phil' - 1,315,853 Miles And Counting - 1, 317,885 as of 12/27/2012 - 1,333,000 as of 05/10/2013, 1,337,850 as of July 15, 2013, 1,339,000 as of August 13, 2013



100,000 miles since June 2005 Overhaul - Sold January 25th, 2014 After 1,344,246 Miles & 20 Years of Ownership

They are basically the same pad; however, I believe I saw a post recently maybe from Tom Walgamuth which said one of them (ATE?) could take a thicker pad than the other.

The early W123s had a 15 mm brake pad, later the brake caliphers could take a 17.5 mm brake pad.

It was my understanding based on information posted here that the Bendix would take a thicker pad if available. In the past no such thicker pads were offered but now I see they are offered here at Pelican parts.

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That's good W123 information, because I don't have that data in any of my catalogs....

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Did you just pass my 740 at 200 kmh in a 300SD?????

1978 300SD 'Phil' - 1,315,853 Miles And Counting - 1, 317,885 as of 12/27/2012 - 1,333,000 as of 05/10/2013, 1,337,850 as of July 15, 2013, 1,339,000 as of August 13, 2013



100,000 miles since June 2005 Overhaul - Sold January 25th, 2014 After 1,344,246 Miles & 20 Years of Ownership

I have a set of the thicker pads for an ATE W123 caliper, they wouldn't fit the Bendix calipers on my (now gone) '85 300TD. No way would they go in despite pushing the pistons in as far as I could.

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