The socket is e12. It was a whore of a job getting them off. These things have to be on just right or you will strip it or it flys off the bolt head. I have several scraped knuckles after this job. They have lock tight applied to the bolts, so you have to use a long breaker bar to break them loose and continue loosening them. The axle boots are in the way of the ratchet causing it to want to slip off the bolt. You can't use an extension to clear the boots because when you try to apply all that pressure it wants to come off the bolt. Just now removed the last of the 12 bolts. 3 more hex bolts and it's out
Sent from my iPhone > On May 6, 2017, at 3:36 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > They are not torx. They are 3 square z_ _ Probably have to find snappy or > Mac to find the tool. > >> Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> May 6, 2017 at 2:30 PM >> I sure wish I had my lift up and going, would make this a lot easier. Right >> now I am trying to determine if I have the proper torx socket to take off >> the axle to dif bolts without stripping them. I hate torx/star bolts. Why in >> the world did they start using them >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
