[W126 Coupe] Brake Calipers

[Jonathan Hodgman]

Only the early one's are specific to the SEC, once the 560 came about
the same calipers can be found across the 126 line.

Jonathan



On Sat, 05 Feb 2005 05:41:19 +0000, Mister McGoo <eelploot at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> 
> 
> The front brakes on the 82 - 83 380SEC (and likely the 500SEC also) had
> floating calipers.  These are different from all the other 126 models.  In
> fact the later SEC's were changed to conform to all the rest of the "fleet".
> 
> Also, the rotors are solid, not vented.  Visually that seems to be the only
> difference 
> 
> Questions: 
> 
> 1. Does anyone have instructions on R & R these calipers and installing new
> pads? 
> 
> 2. Are the solid and vented rotors interchangeable?  (I think I will be able
> to answer that one myself because I believe I have an '83 with vented front
> rotors sitting right here.) 
> 
> 3. What were the M-B engineers smoking when they decided to put completely
> different calipers on the SEC models?
>  
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