changing discs & pads

[EmilysDad]

Bought new pads & discs for the front of my W166 ML350 last week so intended to change them today. WTF thought it was a good idea to put 11mm Allen bolts on the slider pins?
I have just about every odd ball socket drive hex keys ..... I had to buy a 7mm & 9mm when I had the R Class .... but no 11mm!!!!!!
Job stopped!
And where was John of JBM when I wanted him? ..... Oh Yes! He retired ..... lol

I might just get someone else to fit them for me

 

[Wighty]

A 5&6mm used together will get the job done buddy .
(they do like throwing in some odd tool sizes sometimes)

 

[EmilysDad]

A 5&6mm used together will get the job done buddy .
(they do like throwing in some odd tool sizes sometimes)

lol

 

[Snake Charmer]

11mm and 7/16" are close enough if you have any Imperial hex keys.

 

[KennyN]

A 10mm and a file would have got you going again , 0.020" a side and bobs your uncle.

K

 

[EmilysDad]

A 10mm and a file would have got you going again , 0.020" a side and bobs your uncle.

K

do you mean a 12mm?

 

[EmilysDad]

11mm and 7/16" are close enough if you have any Imperial hex keys.

not here at home

 

[KennyN]

do you mean a 12mm?

No , he needed an 11mm spanner - so a 10mm with 1mm (0.040") removed with a file would have worked.

K

 

[EmilysDad]

No , he needed an 11mm spanner - so a 10mm with 1mm (0.040") removed with a file would have worked.

K

I needed an 11hex socket/Allen key ;-)

 

[Richard Moakes]

Bought new pads & discs for the front of my W166 ML350 last week so intended to change them today. WTF thought it was a good idea to put 11mm Allen bolts on the slider pins?
I have just about every odd ball socket drive hex keys ..... I had to buy a 7mm & 9mm when I had the R Class .... but no 11mm!!!!!!
Job stopped!
And where was John of JBM when I wanted him? ..... Oh Yes! He retired ..... lol

I might just get someone else to fit them for me

Been there, thought the same thing at the time and also improvised a solution.

I now have an 11mm hex key for the next time

 

[daveenty]

Just had a look for you Andy but the largest in my set is a 10mm or I'd have popped round with it. I do have a 14mm for diff oil but that's it.

I suppose you've tried an 11mm bolt head with a couple of locking nuts?

 

[davidsl500]

I always ensure I have all the requisite tools to do the job before I start the job........yeh, like! This bozo blocked his working car in whilst working on another which then involved a £30 taxi trip for parts....

 

[Wighty]

I’ve got 10mm and 12mm ones .
Im guessing that’s why it’s 11mm at MB

 

[daveenty]

Just had a look in another toolbox and, as suggested by @Snake Charmer, have found a set of imperial ones which I'd forgotten I had, including a 7/16" which should do you. They're the 3/8" drive socket type.

You know where it is should you still need it.

 

[EmilysDad]

Just had a look in another toolbox and, as suggested by @Snake Charmer, have found a set of imperial ones which I'd forgotten I had, including a 7/16" which should do you. They're the 3/8" drive socket type.

You know where it is should you still need it.

Thanks Dave

 

[EmilysDad]

I always ensure I have all the requisite tools to do the job before I start the job........yeh, like! This bozo blocked his working car in whilst working on another which then involved a £30 taxi trip for parts....

As I'd bought for thd R Class i thought i had the stuff to do it

 

[Snake Charmer]

I was stuffed once changing the pads on a Renault 19, nothing I had fitted correctly. Eventually I looked in the cap head closely with a mirror to see a pentagon instead of a hex.

 

[EmilysDad]

I was stuffed once changing the pads on a Renault 19, nothing I had fitted correctly. Eventually I looked in the cap head closely with a mirror to see a pentagon instead of a hex.

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I bought a similar pentagon drive for an Astra G I had .... something on a caliper that I now forget

 

[Snake Charmer]

I bought a similar pentagon drive for an Astra G I had .... something on a caliper that I now forget

We had an Astra G, the discs and pads outlasted the engine. l would have been mortified to find a pentagonal cap head on another girlfriends car trying to earn Brownie points!

 

[EmilysDad]

Discs & pads now changed thanks to the loan of a 7/16 hex socket drive from Dave Enty!

All these ''safety'' things are a PITA when you're trying to leave your car in neutral so you can spin the hub to clean it. I nearly slipped up when I needed to press the brake pedal to select neutral ...... the caliper was removed from the carrier!!! A G clamp saved the day!