Great video, , Cutting the new dust cover to fit around the hub , saves you a lot of pain , These dust covers only last 5 to 10 years anyway, and are pretty cheap to buy without going through a MB dealer .
I'm finding I'm buying maybe 25% of my parts from the dealer because they are the best price. Bought a left side dust shield for only $22 and while I was there ordered some extra extension springs for only 70 cents each. I recently needed a new battery and the MB dealer was the best price and in stock for $201. And then other parts are crazy expensive, like sway bar links, so I went with FCP Euro and there life time warranty. Also Ebay saved me hundreds so far, bought a lot of used parts from California salvage cars in great condition to replace all the rusted out parts in my car. Got an entire right side spindle complete with dust shield, brake cable, pads, hub and bearing, for $35 shipped. Pair of complete front struts with springs for $100 shipped, rear coil springs for $60 shipped. After a good cleaning the parts looked almost new. Just make sure to see photos of the actual parts and get the vin to look up the cars mileage, the one time I received a bad part was from a listing that only had a stock photo of the car and no vin to look up.
Mercedes should of just originally had the dust shield in 2 sections. I cut the new dust shields in half right between the mounting holes and it works perfectly. It's still a full shield and each section secured by 2 bolts.
Excellent video!!! I’ve been having trouble locating this issue, and also, I can usually find what I need for DIY projects for my 2002 MB C320 online, but it’s not always so easy, this is a great, efficient and helpful video. I asked dozens of my friends what they thought that rattling noise was, and everyone was clueless. So I’m very excited to take care of this myself and save money. Keep up the good work my friend!
Thanks for this video. I was dreading having to take the whole hub off for such a trivial part to change. Thats such a simple fix. Completely makes sense. Thanks for that man and taking the time to do the video. Thank you very much. So clear and easy to understand.
Just a small point, on a great video. The smaller spring goes behind the shoes, not in front. The larger spring at the FRONT of the shoe, the smaller one at the REAR.
You are right. But at the end it doesn't influence the whole assembly mechanism operation, specially in his case due to the lack of 2 resting/sliding pads that were cut off from the dust cover. However now he faces narrower space to move the adjuster wheel!
That actually helped me very much!! Thanks.... it's amazing how we do some tasks and think it's going to be a headache until you watch it get done, then you realize it's actually easy
@doit_vehicles May I ask for one opinion, when they been changing tires on w203 mercedes, this one, they put one screw longer so for one day I heard one clack noise with every one spin of wheel. Tommorow they cut little bit that one screw because it was too long and now is fine but could they make some damage, is it possible that my car go slower because hand brake catch for little bit wheel or something like that? I tested hand brake and it's working fine.
Can you not just cut a slot in one Side .You seen to have cut away a lot of material that the handbrake shoes slide on Surly you would be better off cutting then in half altogether
well done, not anything superfluous, everything is to the point. That's just me, I made one cut of the plate, took it out and installed it, twisted it on 4 bolts and assured it with spot welding
It is a good idea to cut the dust shield. However, it is best to cut in two pieces and have two pieces with bolts so that it reuses the complete shield.
Thanks for this video I got a w204 2005 merc with a faulty handbrake that failed mot and when the disc was removed we found out there was no shoes, no springs and no clip to attach to the cable it was just lying about freely. Now all I need is to buy the shoe set and the necessary clips and adjusters to connect to the cable. 👍🏻👍🏻💯
Which Mercedes was this? I have a 2003 Mercedes C230 Kompressor Sport Coupe and I put everything on and did it your way and I hear a scraping noise, almost sounds like the spring that connects the ebrake shoe to the brake shield I think it's rubbing against the lug nuts because it makes the noise at every lug nut hole...
The problem you will encounter when utilising this method is that you will lose one of the stand offs which are pressed into the plate to hold the brake shoes parallel to it. If you must go down this route, cut the plate horizontally in two pieces, fit and then weld them together then prime and paint.
Great video my friend. I like how you cut the dust cover to make the job easier but it allow a bit more dirt to inside of the rotor. But otherwise great video
You are not a true GOPNIK if you don't drive an old Mercedes with a little rust on it. I own the same car and I'm from East Europe. So I'm a true GOPNIK. I don't dress in Adidas but I do squat a lot. True Slavic Squat. Cheers man! Keep it being Gopnik.
@@doit_vehicles The top spring should be the first to be placed, then the mid shoes springs and for the last the lower spring. Everyone knows how painful is to carry out this task! By the way the big holes on the hub are to be use for insertion of the approved tools! Also to move the adjuster wheel... Anyhow you made an excellent explanatory video! Congrats
Nice...i hawe problem with that dust shield. He is noisy when i move the car. He sound like: flaș flaș...😆 I asking: there's no problem if i cut that new shield to replacement,try not desasembling all that stuf there? How are you cut that,it makes too easy to replace. No any problems if i cut the shield? Thanks for this video man,apreciate. Congratulations from Romania!
Hi You have to adjust the shoes with the disc installed in place, you când acces the adjuster thru the one of the holes in the disc with a flat screwdriver. You turn the adjuster until you can feal or hear some resistance against the disc. Then you do the same on the other side and job done.
If you have the car in nutral you can move the hub sepret to the brake disc. (You need to undo the torx 30 srcew) after you got in park. You can move the disc and hub until one of the holes lines up with the adjuster :)
That was a good video, but I got issue efter installation of the shoes to place the disk back. It seems I need some more space to get the disk in. I don't have any idea why it doesn't go as smoothly as yours. Any suggestions or hands on to help me get the disk in?
I had the exact same problem yesterday 😂 i put everything back together and struggled to fit the disk over the shoes. After a bit of moving around of the shoes the disks fitted over the. Then i tried the handbrake and the parking brake with none of them having any effect 😂 So I took the disks back off and adjusted the shoes using the adjuster and then I struggled to get the shoes on again 😂😂 it was an annoying end to the day but I gave up after that, I rewatched this video this morning to make sure I done everything correct and I can't see where I made a mistake. How did you sort your issue?
Great video, thanks for really good clear instructions!! I’d hate to think what a garage would charge having to disassemble nearly everything to get that new dust shield on.
I ended up getting one for my W204 from the local MB dealer, it was only $22 and they had it in stock. While I was there I bought some extra extension springs just to have, they were only 70 cents each but had to order them.
Man I remember when I wanted to change the break pads on the rear wheels. The system was so rusted the piston were blocked. I bought another set of calipers. Originals Mercedes Benz. I noticed having this problem because I felt my car was breakin with the front wheels only. It was very crazy, specially because I drive with high speeds and I'm quite iresponsable. I don't care about others, I'm very selfish. I think I need to replace also the break pads. Is not like the break is not working (the pedal) but is not very very strong. I tried making some adjustments from the cables but.. meeeh. I think is better but not the same. How sad I don't have a brand new car and make a comparison. Keep in mind, a true Gopnik changes the pads and shields by himself because they are very expensive. Those money you can spend it getting drunk on vodka with your friends and listen to hardcore music. Ahhh East Europe.. I couldn't live in the West with all those crybabies. They all mention human rights and they are getting so mad if you offend them. In here is more simple if you annoy me. I can hit you with a fist strong in the mouth, and I calm you down. I'm also bald. I dress in black and my Mercedes is black of course.
I also notice your back rotors are not ventilated. I can see you are using brand new rotors. I think they are cheap. The original is ventilated. I still have the originals and that's why I know.
