Excellent Service....

[Alex G]

www.camtune.com did an all-round disc/pad replacement for me today on my E55 AMG.

On finding the front calipers very badly decayed and seizing , they decided against ordering 2 x £400+ AMG calipers, and instead spent a couple of hours heating, cleaning and unseizing the padliners, and eventually getting them in shape to re-fit the pads etc.

Cost for repair £190. Cost to replace (which i think many would have done instead of fighting it out!) £800.

These guys are ace, repair/fix rather than replace-always mentality.

Thankfully the Thunder Bus stops properly now

 

[television]

Nice one, thank you for telling us

 

[RGubbioli]

I thought they dealt only in Porsches, have they expanded their services to Mercs too?

 

[Alex G]

They've been Porsche and Mercedes specialists for a long time, at least the 9 years I have been in Godalming (they looked after both my 911 and my C43 AMG) although they are known more for selling Porsche's. They are equally gifted with Mercedes servicing as they are for Porsche.

 

[jberks]

sounds like a good service.
A bit late but did you ask the dealer first?
After all, calipers should be pretty sound at that age so it implies a manufacturing fault. I've never replaced a merc caliper and I've run a lot older than yours!
I mention it as a mechanic pointed out that my Dads 2003 E class had very corroded brake pipes (borderline MOT failure). He took it into the dealer and after a few phone calls, MB agreed to pay to replace the lot, despite no warranty and the fact that he'd only had the car a few weeks.
Always worth asking.

 

[Alex G]

nice one, thanks for that, will look into it.

 

[RGubbioli]

I think it must be a thing with either high performance cars or Porsche specialists. I had the calipers rebuilt on my 911, and everyone I know has them them redone too... hmm.... (this was at another specialist).

Alex, have you had them done on the 911 too?

 

[Alex G]

Yeah I has them done on the 911 too. AMGs are apparently a little harder than stock on calipers from what I hear. Mine are 51k miles in, and it's quite a large car so takes some stopping

 

[jberks]

I don't get this really.
If you do track days or really thrash it then I guess fair enough, you'll be getting the brakes to silly termeratures and failure will come earlier. However, on normal public roads I'd imagine my Diesel E takes no less stopping than a 55 or 200k - we're all rolling at 40-60, we all weigh roughly the same and we all have to stop at the lights.
Given that AMG brakes should be stronger than conventional ones to handle the extra stresses, I'd expect them to outlast a normal system in normal use.

 

[television]

I don't get this really.
If you do track days or really thrash it then I guess fair enough, you'll be getting the brakes to silly termeratures and failure will come earlier. However, on normal public roads I'd imagine my Diesel E takes no less stopping than a 55 or 200k - we're all rolling at 40-60, we all weigh roughly the same and we all have to stop at the lights.
Given that AMG brakes should be stronger than conventional ones to handle the extra stresses, I'd expect them to outlast a normal system in normal use.

This should be the case as the disc and calipers have a much larger surface area the normal models