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I am going to make that wheel tool , I struggle like mad with my Sprinter wheels as they are as heavy as hell and I am old and weak now.😊😊
Great video! Man that tool table shaved that Merc when the lift was coming down.
Why not go ahead and rotate them.
That’ll be $46.50 for the brake inspection please Mr./Mrs. Mercedes owner! 😂😂
Gotta make the payments, can't afford to fix anything
MG Mitten used to sell that type of stud
Wo wo ray
If they had money they'd have a new Merc already 😂
Bimmer wheels have never fallen on me. Hah, for installation got to get me one of those for sure.
Some people want a second opinion on everything. They might have been thrown when told the rear brakes were OK but the fronts needed replacing?
IMagine owning a mercedes and being too tight to replace worn brakes while the car is already apart and in the shop lol
Wish I could drop my truck here.
if you drive it is your responsibility to know if your car is safe. Brakes are the #1 thing that you should know about. Its your responsibility. I wouldn't have changed those brakes if that was my car but then again, My car wouldn't be in the shop because I do my own. Its the only way I know its done correctly
Say it with me bro A U D I not oddy 😂😂
Hey Ray I tend to apply anti-sieze to lug bolts all the time. Also in case I have the vehicle in for service in the future I don't want any to freeze/seize up on me. What are you thoughts on adding it to them?
With that much difference in thickness between the inboard and outboard pads, the caliper pins also need servicing.
Can someone please tell me why euro cars have bolts instead of lug nuts….as a tire fitter it drives me nuts.
It’s always the people with money and flash cars that are unorthodox tight arses that will waste a mechanic & garages time just to try and get the the cheapest quote possible
My E350 has one (stud to out in so tire doesn't fall of hub) in the spare tire tool kit in the trunk or under the pad.
You can machine those rotors, I've done it many times just gotta go slow. They do have machining specs.
My mom owned Mercedes for years. 3 in total. I used to love to "take it to get washed" and drive it a minute, the 4 wheels disc brakes were not common at the time. But neither was the stalling in any temp over 75 F due to percolating fuel in the carb. Anyway – my dad tried to talk her into just getting a Cadillac – nope. She still wanted the damn Mercedes. Years after that when she was on Mercedes #3, I tried to talk her into a Lexus. Nothing doing! Not even a $400 oil change from the dealer would change her mind. I know enough about these over-rated Kraut boxes (I'm kraut so I can say it) with the inevitable long list of malfunctions that seem to double in number every 10,000 miles, I wouldn't own one for anything.
Such a tight squeeze when lowering that Merc. I was waiting for sound of fingernails on a blackboard as the paint was forcibly removed. Close shave.
Das auto smells goot ya .
My mom used to have Mercedes, thankfully my dad could fix some of the more expensive things. The car had hydraulics when getting in and out. One side broke, expensive to fix, dad looked it up online and did it himself. Eventually the other side went out. I think it would have been 2k to fix each one. Another time the car died completely and couldn't get into the trunk. The dealership said they would have to tear off a rear panel to get access. My dad did a little research and came up with a 1in hope saw to get to the wires behind the license plate. Put a 1in plug on it when done. Put the plate back on and you would never know.
I bet that mercedes owner would get mad if he knew you were making a video while working on his car. seems like a mercedes owner thing
That tool chest missed the front fender by 1/8" during the cars down elevator ride, LOL.
yep great little lug tool it came in the tool kit in my audi
Money is obviously an issue, they have cheap Hancook tires on , and they are almost bald.
Most people who drive luxury cars can barely afford them therefore they're not going to do any preventative maintenance. They want others to think they have a lot of money for some reason and that could be further from the truth.
Personally I got a feeling the dealership was trying to sell them something they really didn't need and they just wanted a second opinion as far as those wheel studs if you bought go to the hardware store buy a boat cut the head off and then round it on a sander a grinder and if you have the luck to be able to have a life put it in lays around it off real nice and you've got studs I used to make them my shop all the time hey have a good day
People don't trust mechanics these days, with good reason. Why not invite them to see the depth of the pads?
Merc wheels are hub-centric i.e. the alloy wheel fits onto the socket on the raised lip of the hub and this carries the majority of the load, the bolts do not support the wheel, they clamp the wheel to the brake disc/hub. The temporary screw in stud is only an (in)convenience as the wheel can be supported by the raised lip, this temporary stud should be in the standard tool kit with the car. Before the wheel is again mounted the rust must be cleaned off and the alloy corrosion in the wheel removed. The lip must then be coated with anti-seize. If this is not done then the wheel and the steel hub will corrode together that will make it very difficult to remove later on. If anti-seize is used the wheel can be taken off many times before more needs putting back.
The pad wear is a sure sign that the sliding mechanism is partially seized, which is a common fault with sliding calipers. The sliding mechanism must be disassembled, cleaned and greased to ensure that it slides as required. I note that only one caliper has a wear indicator, which is a skimpy specification, European cars at least have cross axle indicators. My 500E has wear indicators on all pads
Rattle guns should be used VERY sparingly and the wheels properly torqued up with a torque wrench. A tyre shop that I trusted put some new tyres on my Merc and tightened the extended bolts with a rattle gun and then a 1/2" torque wrench. When I got home I checked the bolts as I normally do by loosening them off and retorquing to 85lbft,. but I could not loosen any of them even with my big 3/4" torque wrench that was on max 350lbft setting!! Some of the bolts could be seen twisting and would have sheared if I persisted. Clearly the tech had torqued up the bolts to the maximum and just applied the torque wrench for visual effect. I returned the vehicle straight to the tyre shop and the bossman took the vehicle back and sacked the tech. All the bolts had to be drilled out with a jig that had to be made specially, new bolts (only short ones were available) were provided all round. When I picked up the vehicle the boss was still apologising and he showed me the bills for the jig and the bolts plus the labour and the total was more than I paid for the 4 new Hi-perf Goodyear F1s tyres!! If I hadn't checked the bolts I would have been in severe trouble next time I attempted to pull a wheel off and I would have had to pay for a jig and new bolts, assuming that is that the bolts didn't shear off in the meantime..
Ray,
Please explain why drilled brake rotors are not machinable. I had the drilled rotors on my Corvette machined. The machine shop never said there was any problem with doing them, and my brakes work fine.
The lining should never be thinner than the backing plate material meaning the steel part of the shoe or pad
DECLINED! My favorite word.
that first shot of the car being lowered was painful. I've broken a bumper when a cart was left under a car.
yeah im in the UK and them wheels are a pain in the ass why don't have them like used to with screws instead of bolts HAHA but will look them up now thanks
Looks like the back left was missing the brake pad wear sensor.
When he started it at the end of the video the battery sounded kinda low. Might be a bad battery
Or you could make them using a bolt
A lot of Euro cars come with the stud in the spare tire well. So when the tire needs to be changed on the road, it can be utilized for removal and installation. (I may or may not have a variety of them that may or may not have made it back into the trunk)
Just bought a CLK, and didnt know what that tool was for !! So thanx now i know !!
A friend of mine brought over an Audi of some sort. The lugnuts were so tight, I decided not to help on the car.