Forgotten Part Inside Rear Brake Disk: How to Replace Parking Brake Shoes.

[@172-e5s]

Kent, I hope you guys are patenting all these awesome tools you are inventing. Great info on emergency brakes!!

[@albertbekassy2709]

Very good information! I watched my mechanic do this job on my w124 without the special tool and that was an hour of swearing!

[@ralphy123456789]

Excellent video: comprehensive and easy to follow. I'm replacing the parking brake shoes on my 2004 W209 and it's the exact same as the one in the video.

[@Parknest]

Kent, my recently acquired W204 has the same parking brake system. I had to adjust the shoes as it wasn't holding. The car had passed the MoT test (annual UK roadworthiness test) 2 months previously. My 2003 Volvo XC90 also has the same type of parking brake.

[@LiquidFP]

I would be lost without you Kent!

[@datadogie]

Still got them on my 2005 c180 kompressor.

[@tierfuehrer2]

I never have seen somebody wash the area where the brakes life. But the quality of this is amazing! Considering it is done on such a quality car. I really like the quality! I built a similar drum brake tool 20 years ago from a worn screw driver with an angle grinder.

[@hectordimasgarridoarrighi1108]

Hi Kent!! Mucha gracias por el excelente video informativo. Saludos desde Asunción Paraguay👍

[@brianiswrong]

My 1998 Saab 9-3 had the same set up I guess you can get a nice soft shoe for a good handbrake,yet keep the pads hard for the rear brakes.

[@Mitutumuch]

kent tank you so muc fo empasizing on taking are o your respiratoy healt. im 26 and alwayss cleaning my nose and I had been stuck on te rear left parking brake shoe for te past week. cant manage to get it back in tomoow lol

[@claytontakerian3188]

Awesome brake video

[@paulfiebke3909]

Where do you get the tool?

[@Mercedessource]

Here's the link: mercedessource.com/store/3-i-emergency-brake-install-tool-w-extras

[@CANSTANZA2007]

Is there a Parking brake on each side of a 1973 450 sl r107?

[@Mercedessource]

Yes

[@mortensandmoen5208]

It is the same on BMW and Volvo!

[@williamkennedy5492]

Excellent video, I think my Volvo used the same idea but was easier to do than shown here, My W212 E220 is showing signs of wear and tear so a big thank you from Cheshire UK

[@vintage76vipergreenBeetle]

Great information. 👍

[@majorscope]

Fantastic instructional video as always Kent. Love watching your instructions even though i have a modern (2011) SL500 which my service engineer looks after. I do tinker with old stuff and try to do it properly as you do.

[@ibmacman1]

HI there Kent, I am the least mechanically minded person under the sun. The way you explain so well and show just simply how to go about a job makes me just want to climb in with some spanners. Thank you for your time and dedication to your channel. Fuel is expensive in South Africa this is why I love the W123 300D and 240D's so much. Also, they give really nice driving experience. Bruce McMurray Northern Cape South Africa.

[@rosendodominguez9833]

WAW TANKS IM A VAUT GAT A 1983 MARSADES TORBO WED. .BRACK PRABLOMS TANK YOU GOD VLAS YOU AII AMEN

[@lp2565]

Excellent video!

[@robertreavley7145]

I have a W209 2.7cdi Just rebuilt all callipers, new discs brembo with matching pads, hoses new dot5.1 fluid!! But I didn’t replace the park brake shoes!!!!! So that’s my new job!!when I do springs and shocks next week!

[@fisehayehagos7714]

Yes you are doing the right thing I doing the same thing what you doing but People they laugh on me I never replace break without cleaning very very well including the sliding but nobody excepted me when I see your job I really very happy thanks

[@StephenJohnson-jb7xe]

I decided to replace the parking brake shoes on my 2000 Prado while I was replacing the rotor and pads. I didn't have any special tool and ended up defeated. Your tool might not work for me as the retaining springs are slightly different but you have given me some hope.

[@arnhemseptember2009]

You are the very best source for W123 knowledge and tools and kits. Very much enjoying your video's here in Holland.

[@geraldryan8562]

Kent will this work also for a Mercedes SLK R171, 2008. ? Thanks mate great video.

[@earldominguez3938]

HOUMACH THE BRAKS AII THE WAY ARUND . FOR 1980 240.D

[@redwolfpiping5701]

My wagon has a driver side parking brake that keeps opening and rubs against the brake hub and makes a grinding noise and makes the wheel hot

[@Mercedessource]

Sounds like you might have a rusty cable (internal) that is not releasing and causing the brake shoe to rub on the inside of the rotor

[@Sirkumfriz664]

You think you are on top of a w123 rolling restoration - and then along comes Kent and I realize my knowledge is so fundamental. Great job Kent! Do you supply mail order to south africa ?

[@Mercedessource]

Hi Tony, yes we do ship to South Africa. Please visit my website www.mercedessource.com or contact us via email: [e-mail]

[@firstnamelastname4752]

I just did this job a few months ago, and holy crap that tool would have been a godsend! One thing I still can’t get right is the tightness of the caliper. How easy should it be to rotate the wheel with the handbrake off? Because if I set it so it only just freewheels then the park brake doesn’t work well when turned pressed on.

[@Mercedessource]

Watch the next video I am going to put up on the causes of parking brake failure in the next few days. That may give you a clue as it what to look for.

[@domino-ve6ei]

Kent you are one of a kind!