Brake Upgrades complete;- What a Delta

[Mr Fixit]

Just got the car back from Waterhouse Braintree;- These guys have been so good and helpfull.

Originally the pedal seems to be going a long way, turns out both pads and disc needed changing but supprised the pedal travel increased, maybe due to the fact that the handbrake is seperate.

Brakes now have new MB discs ( £7 more that Pagid!!) HEL Lines front and rear as well as EBC Yellow stuff.


What a difference;- the pedal is back and the brakes are instant with now descernable (!) fade and the 'hold' from high speed is fantastic.

Oh the handbrake pads were replaced but these are a lot cheaper through ECP

Well pleased

 

[Mick1982]

It sounds to me like 1 of 2 things has happened when your brakes were 1st changed.
1) The brakes were not properly bled (if at all), or
2) There was more than one brake disk option available for your car and the wrong choice was fitted.
Allow me to explain option 2. Many cars have a couple of options when it comes to brake disks and pads. This is because manufacturers often change component suppliers at some point during a production run resulting in a different spec. An example being lets say... the Mercedes C-Class used Lucas brake callipers between October 2000 and march 2001. Half way through march 01 the supplier changed to ATE and these were used until the model was given an overhaul, becoming the w203. The Lucas calliper used a 25mm thick vented disk where as the ATE calliper uses a 28mm thick vented disk. Often, garages will order the parts from the parts supplier before the car has even been put onto the lift, the result of which could be that the 25mm thick Lucas disk is sent when the car actually requires the 28mm thick ATE disk. This would mean that the calliper piston would have to make up the extra 3mm of travel in order for disk and pad to make contact which in turn would translate into a long feeling brake pedal. Of course the danger of this type of mistake is that when your pads wear down the piston has to travel even further than normal which might result in the piston actually popping out of the calliper causing a catastrophic brake failure.

 

[Mr Fixit]

Er really given that its a C32 with the AMG brakes etc!!

 

[joecash]

Oh the handbrake pads were replaced

whose been doing hand brake turns then!!

 

[Mick1982]

Where does it say it's a c32?