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best advice is to check your brakes regularly
and every time you service your vehicle. A small
flashlight that you can peek through the wheels
to check the pad thickness is a plus. I personally
like the lights that have a flexible neck that
you can bend and therefore directly shine the
light on the brake pad. Sure beats taking off
the tires. |
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Tip: When replacing your brake pads we recommend
using OEM pads. I know they make a lot of dust
but we have seen many people try to use a cheaper
pad and after two weeks they are doing the brakes
again because the brakes scream when they are
applied. We have had good luck with Textar,
Jurid, and Pagid pads on Mercedes Benz. The
pad replacement procedure is similar to many
other car manufacturers but check the procedures
outlined in your Mercedes
Benz repair manual to verify the correct
brake pad replacement procedure for you vehicle.
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brake disc.... Mercedes front brake disc
last about 50,000 miles. All rotors, front and
rear, are stamped with a minimum thickness allowed
but we do not recommend resurfacing them. Replace
them! They are inexpensive. We recommend the
OEM rotors manufactured by Balo. |
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advice to you if your brakes have more than
50,000 miles on them and need new pads just
order up the pads and brake discs at the same
time. A thicker brake disc will run cooler than
a thin brake disc. Remember the metallic pads
installed on your car actually caused the rotors
to wear under normal driving conditions. We
have seen people slap pads on the car or turn
the rotors only to find out that the brakes
squeak and pulsate. Do it right the first time,
and besides, it's only BRAKES. |
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doing a front brake job do not forget to order
the brake pad sensors and the grease seals.
The sensors are probably crispy critters from
the heat and will break when you try to take
them off. They too are cheap. Since you are
changing the rotors now is the time to put some
new grease in the bearings. The bearings will
last you if you maintain them. Just a few extra
minutes now will eliminate a large problem later. |
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Tip...If you are getting tired of cleaning your
wheels of brake dust every week, try a set of
Kleen Wheels.
Kleen Wheels really help keep your wheels brake
dust free and since Kleen Wheels installed cooling
slots, we have not seen disc warpage under normal
driving conditions. |
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