Well the diff is out of the car. I want to remove the cover to see the damage but I guess I don't have a set of triple square sockets or whatever they call it. I need to go ahead and order a new flex disk so hope to finish it next week.
Sent from my iPhone > On May 6, 2017, at 4:50 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Real Vice grips, the old ones, as an assist. Or after you strip them, vice > grips and a hammer. > > Or you can remove the cover, pull the clips and let the stub hang with the > axle, same as the one piece. Easier.... > >> Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> May 6, 2017 at 3:58 PM >> 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 >> >> > > _______________________________________ > 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
