Front brake job estimate
03-27-2007, 08:03 PM
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IT can be done but I have yet to see a fail sale method other than turning it off with DAS. Some disconect the pump and others say pull the batt terminals off. But the car has 2 batt's just for that reason and I just dont want to risk it.
The brake issue is just one reason I dont end up tracking my E55. I dont want to pay to get pads swapped out all day long when every other car is a do it yur self kind of job! I did the brake jobs on all my other cars but the E55 was the first time I said oh whatever. I just happened to have 200 lbs of pads and rotors in the trunk of my car when it went in for a service with an envelope with 200 bucks in it. When I got my car back it had new pads and rotors all around and I was missing that 200 buck envelope!
The brake issue is just one reason I dont end up tracking my E55. I dont want to pay to get pads swapped out all day long when every other car is a do it yur self kind of job! I did the brake jobs on all my other cars but the E55 was the first time I said oh whatever. I just happened to have 200 lbs of pads and rotors in the trunk of my car when it went in for a service with an envelope with 200 bucks in it. When I got my car back it had new pads and rotors all around and I was missing that 200 buck envelope!
03-27-2007, 10:34 PM
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03-27-2007, 11:08 PM
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People do change their own pads and good for them but I dont choose to do it and that is far from narrow minded. Its a warning to people who dont realize that someone walking past the car or within x feet of the car with a keyless go key in their pocket can prime the pump. How about if you turn the front wheels more than x degrees either way while working and the pump primes? Bye bye fingers.
I was just saying that there are actually people that are not MB techs that may know enough about these cars to do it and I respect that skill set. That's it.
03-28-2007, 03:04 AM
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Making a grill cheese sandwich may sound easy for you and me but try letting a 5 year do it with only the information she heard from her younger 4 year old, who saw you do it one time in the past...
You never know who are on these forums reading these DIY tips from people who are self proclaim pros.
I mean really if I did not know better, did not know how to ask the correct questions, and if someone on this board said he never change his rotors... ever just changing pads on his cars, I would be incline to believe him thinking that I could do it to 100 k! But if I really asked, I could potentially find out he only leases his cars, keeps them for less than 5 years, putting only 40 to 50 k on the cars, and does mostly highway driving!
oops doing it again sorry
03-28-2007, 09:00 AM
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If anybody wants a pdf copy of the wis instructions for changing both the pads and rotors please pm me your email address. The instructions do call for a das but like i said earlier it can be done by unplugging the sbc pump in the passenger side engine compartment.
