 |
 | Home | Contact Us | FAQ | Search & Site Map | Link to Us |
 | Sign In | Join | Other 45 Sites in Network |
Car Forum / Mercedes-Benz Cars / September 2005Puzzling Brake problem
Hi all, I've had my '93 190e for a number of years now and have always had brakes that need to be applied 'hard' (they feel soft when pushing the peddal) to get effective braking. Puzzling is that I've had the dealer replace the brake fluid and pads. There is not 'shimmying' when applying brakes, they feel 'normal' .... except, they don't 'grab' as well as they should if I compare to my 300e, It's kind of like using 'power brakes' without the engine running except not as bad. Anyone have any pointers? cheers, guenter master cylinder??? > Hi all, I've had my '93 190e for a number of years now and have always > had [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > cheers, guenter thanks for your reply, I thought of that but wouldn't a leaky master cylinder mean that when applying the brake the peddle would slowly sink to the floor?? at least that's what I've experienced in the past. In this case the peddle travel seems just fine.... cheers >master cylinder??? > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >> >> cheers, guenter > thanks for your reply, I thought of that but wouldn't a leaky master > cylinder mean that when applying the brake the peddle would slowly sink to > the floor?? Yes. > at least that's what I've experienced in the past. In this case > the peddle travel seems just fine.... What about the power booster? As you described, perhaps the power booster (assuming there is one) isn't getting proper vacuum, or it's not working properly... Marty >What about the power booster? As you described, perhaps the power >booster (assuming there is one) isn't getting proper vacuum, or it's >not working properly... Marty, bingo, never thought to check that. Many thanks! cheers, guenter
|
Reply to this Message |
 Sign In
 Join
 My Latest Posts My Monitored Threads My Blog My Photo Gallery My Profile My Homepage Start New Thread Enable EMail Alerts Rate this Thread
|
©2008 Advenet LLC Privacy Policy - Terms of Use
This website includes both content owned or controlled by Advenet as well as content owned or controlled by third parties.