sikwan
06 Tin Can
My 2006 was purchased 3/2006. It's now 2009 with 32,000 miles and I thought it would be a good time to flush the brake fluid and do a visual inspection of the brakes.
I purchased the Mityvac MV6835 for $123.57, no tax, free ship.
This is all the items that I got in the box with two booklets of instructions.
I first did my flush and inspection from the back. Usually it's better to do the flush starting from the brake that is farthest from the master cylinder, which is usually the passenger rear on left hand drive Sprinters. But as I realized later this may not be the case for the Sprinter.
Passenger side rear brake.
T50 bolt holds the rotor.
18mm bolts (2x) that hold the caliper
Still a lot of meat on the pads.
Close up of disc (left) to sensor (right) distance.
The ATE brand stamped on the left side of the caliper.
Driver side rear brake.
I removed the caliper and removed the T50 bolt so that I could remove the rotor to do a visual inspection of the parking brake shoes. I hit the rotor around the circumference of wheel mating surface with a rubber mallet to see if I could knock it lose. With the parking brake disengaged, I couldn't get the rotor off. I spun the rotor and lightly tapped the braking surface with the rubber mallet, but I still couldn't get it to come off.
Since the rear pads were still good, I'm sure the brake shoes were in good condition. I'll have to revisit this with a rotor removal tool as I needed to get the flushing done.
I purchased the Mityvac MV6835 for $123.57, no tax, free ship.
This is all the items that I got in the box with two booklets of instructions.
I first did my flush and inspection from the back. Usually it's better to do the flush starting from the brake that is farthest from the master cylinder, which is usually the passenger rear on left hand drive Sprinters. But as I realized later this may not be the case for the Sprinter.
Passenger side rear brake.
T50 bolt holds the rotor.
18mm bolts (2x) that hold the caliper
Still a lot of meat on the pads.
Close up of disc (left) to sensor (right) distance.
The ATE brand stamped on the left side of the caliper.
Driver side rear brake.
I removed the caliper and removed the T50 bolt so that I could remove the rotor to do a visual inspection of the parking brake shoes. I hit the rotor around the circumference of wheel mating surface with a rubber mallet to see if I could knock it lose. With the parking brake disengaged, I couldn't get the rotor off. I spun the rotor and lightly tapped the braking surface with the rubber mallet, but I still couldn't get it to come off.
Since the rear pads were still good, I'm sure the brake shoes were in good condition. I'll have to revisit this with a rotor removal tool as I needed to get the flushing done.