MannyVanlife
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Just purchased a 2005 Freightliner 158 sprinter 160,000 miles, 16 inch wheels with the intention of doing a camper conversion it but
Needs TLC but the engine sounds healthy the body has minimal rust and I'm willing to put in the work.
I'm mechanically oriented and have done a few break jobs before.
-I've looked at the chart and understand the difference between the different Bosh/ATE configurations that it originally came with.
-The van did not move for a while and calipers were seized.
-The person who I bought it from replaced the calipers with remanufactured O'reilly's Bosch front and rear calipers.
- I'm certain they are the bosh version based on the 3 star logo and bosh stamp on all 4 calipers
- Yes I know O'reilly's is garbage but that's besides the point.
-After I closed the deal and drove it for a few miles the FRONT calipers were seizing and some of the caliper cylinder seals melted
I ended towing it to my mother's job who works at a large fleet maintenance diesel shop.
-They checked the Master Cylinder and Brake booster and it has a vacuum leak which makes sense since the van was not moving for a while and the seals were most likely corroded
- I ordered the TRW OEM master and booster from europarts.
-I measured the rotors and the front ones are 285 and rear 272 as per the chart that the rears should of been the ATE version.
-Looking at Europarts SD I see that the Bosh calipers (O'reilly's link below) were used on early 2002 models with 15 inch wheels.
-I don't have the calipers that were on the van so no way to compare
https://www.oreillyauto.com/detail/...dodge/sprinter-3500?pos=18&fitAttr_10039=Rear
Please don't lecture me about using the MB original parts I'm trying to figure this mess so that I can correct it.
My question is upon looking at the part number on the link below, it actually says it fits the model and year for the 272 rotor.
What are the different possibilities here:
The mountain brackets bolt spacing for the ATE and Bosh are the same and compatible and is the reason they fit but should not be used for this van due to the different capacity?
At some point in the Van's life they did some kind of Frankenstein mounting bracket swap?
There was nothing wrong with the Master cylinder/ Booster and the issue was caused by the rear calipers changing the hydraulic pressure of the whole system.
Needs TLC but the engine sounds healthy the body has minimal rust and I'm willing to put in the work.
I'm mechanically oriented and have done a few break jobs before.
-I've looked at the chart and understand the difference between the different Bosh/ATE configurations that it originally came with.
-The van did not move for a while and calipers were seized.
-The person who I bought it from replaced the calipers with remanufactured O'reilly's Bosch front and rear calipers.
- I'm certain they are the bosh version based on the 3 star logo and bosh stamp on all 4 calipers
- Yes I know O'reilly's is garbage but that's besides the point.
-After I closed the deal and drove it for a few miles the FRONT calipers were seizing and some of the caliper cylinder seals melted
I ended towing it to my mother's job who works at a large fleet maintenance diesel shop.
-They checked the Master Cylinder and Brake booster and it has a vacuum leak which makes sense since the van was not moving for a while and the seals were most likely corroded
- I ordered the TRW OEM master and booster from europarts.
-I measured the rotors and the front ones are 285 and rear 272 as per the chart that the rears should of been the ATE version.
-Looking at Europarts SD I see that the Bosh calipers (O'reilly's link below) were used on early 2002 models with 15 inch wheels.
-I don't have the calipers that were on the van so no way to compare
https://www.oreillyauto.com/detail/...dodge/sprinter-3500?pos=18&fitAttr_10039=Rear
Please don't lecture me about using the MB original parts I'm trying to figure this mess so that I can correct it.
My question is upon looking at the part number on the link below, it actually says it fits the model and year for the 272 rotor.
What are the different possibilities here:
The mountain brackets bolt spacing for the ATE and Bosh are the same and compatible and is the reason they fit but should not be used for this van due to the different capacity?
At some point in the Van's life they did some kind of Frankenstein mounting bracket swap?
There was nothing wrong with the Master cylinder/ Booster and the issue was caused by the rear calipers changing the hydraulic pressure of the whole system.