2003 W203 Rear Brake pad change
05-01-2011, 09:57 AM
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Considering C230 Sport
Ok, no issues for me now. I figured it out. It's quite simple actually. Just push the pin out, compress the pistons with a prying object on each side at the same time, drop the new pads in and replace the pin and retaining clip. Love it.
Jeff
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05-01-2011, 10:40 PM
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Correction, Drove An '05 C230 Kompressor SS
if you are getting the message then you wore through the pad sensor. It is basically two wires imbedded in plastic and placed through a hole in the pads, when the pads wear low enough it eventually will wear through the plastic exposing the wires that gets bridged by the rotor completing the circuit and hence the warning. If it is not completely worn through you can re-use it but since it is only about $10 a better practice is to replace it
I'll take your advice and spend the $40 to replace all 4 just to be safe.
