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[Doctor Gollum]

...yeah right

You know you're in trouble when you have to cut the pad retaining pins off because they're too bent to push through.

Pad warning light has been on a while. Got the pads and new discs because, well, you know...

Turns out the warning was on because a seized piston was making the opposite ones work harder.

Needs a new caliper and my thought process is to fit a pair.

[Andy B]

I'd to go & buy a 7mm allen key and then later buy an 11mm allen key when I did brakes on the R Class. I went to various motor factors for them ... not a chance. Had to order off the interweb 

[Andy B]

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Needs a new caliper and my thought process is to fit a pair.

When my daughter's Yaris was suffering from a sticker caliper (only happened after new pads) I looked into a new pattern caliper. They weren't expensive but my thoughts were it'd be better to spend money & time fitting a new piston & seals to an OE caliper rather than using an unknown quality pattern replacement. In the end it was only about £20 for the parts to refurb the original caliper.

[Doctor Gollum]

To be fair to MB, considering they're 4pot Brembos jobbies, they're £360 plus VAT...

If I had known beforehand, I might have looked into the S65 set up, but I already have the discs and pads for mine

Local factors can't get them and all the pattern ones on line look to be for the V6 cars which have smaller discs.

If they can be refurbished then happy days, but it's a wait for the calipers or the rebuild kit and if the bores are done then I won't be any better off. Notwithstanding that I would rather not leave the brake system open for that long.