Re: [MBZ] 210 diff

2017-05-07 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
A looser loser Floyd Thursby via Mercedes May 7, 2017 at 10:05 AM Your truely a looser now! --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery

Re: [MBZ] 210 diff

2017-05-07 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
Your truely a looser now! --FT On 5/6/17 4:58 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: you have to use a long breaker bar to break them loose and continue loosening them. -- --FT Winston Churchill: “Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never

Re: [MBZ] 210 diff

2017-05-06 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Sat, 6 May 2017 16:54:28 -0500 Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: > 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

Re: [MBZ] 210 diff

2017-05-06 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
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,

Re: [MBZ] 210 diff

2017-05-06 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
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 May 6, 2017 at 3:58

Re: [MBZ] 210 diff

2017-05-06 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
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

Re: [MBZ] 210 diff

2017-05-06 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
They are not torx. They are 3 square z_ _ Probably have to find snappy or Mac to find the tool. Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes 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

Re: [MBZ] 210 diff

2017-05-06 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
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 > On May

Re: [MBZ] 210 diff

2017-05-06 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
I’ve taken them off in frame on W126s’. As long as you’ve got the room and leverage, they’ll come off. -D > On May 6, 2017, at 3:20 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes > wrote: > > 6' cheater, or a 1" drive, truck rattle wrench will take it right off. > > Nuttin to it IF

Re: [MBZ] 210 diff

2017-05-06 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
6' cheater, or a 1" drive, truck rattle wrench will take it right off. Nuttin to it IF yer tool is big enough! Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes May 6, 2017 at 12:40 PM Well now that the nos diff arrived weeks ago it's time for me to start in on that job. Been lazy

[MBZ] 210 diff

2017-05-06 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
Well now that the nos diff arrived weeks ago it's time for me to start in on that job. Been lazy today so far even thought it's a beautiful day out but I am getting ready to head out to the shop to yank the old diff out of the car. Been dreading this job not so much the removing it but the fact