W210 - spare wheel, bolt sizes?

[Parrot of Doom]

I'm still waiting for the utterly useless garage I bought my car from to source me a spare wheel (tbh I reckon I'll just go and buy my own).

Do I need special bolts for the spare? Its an E300DT saloon, 1997.

 

[malcolm E53 AMG]

Theres a thread you need to read titled:

Spare wheel nuts disaster

Posted on this forum a couple of weeks ago. To cut a long story short the steel spare wheel comes supplied with much shorter wheel bolts which you should find with the spare in the boot.

Under no circumstances attempt to fit the steel wheel with the alloy wheel bolts which are longer or the result will be irrepairable damage to the hub (read very large corrective bill)

All is revealed in the thread.

 

[Parrot of Doom]

Right thanks. Are the spare bolts a standard size that I can order anywhere, or do I have to visit a stealer?

 

[Bumper]

Right thanks. Are the spare bolts a standard size that I can order anywhere, or do I have to visit a stealer?

Have a read at this thread
http://forums.mercedesclub.org.uk/showthread.php?t=14247

 

[clive williams]

I'm still waiting for the utterly useless garage I bought my car from to source me a spare wheel (tbh I reckon I'll just go and buy my own).

Do I need special bolts for the spare? Its an E300DT saloon, 1997.

Parrot,

Yes, you will require special bolts if you fit the standard steel spare wheel. Both the spare and the bolts sourced from a stealer will be expensive (besides MB only did it to cut cost). Why not buy an alloy to match from e-bay? It'll be cheaper than the Merc bits, you won't have a problem with bolts, you'll have a wheel that matches if it's fitted and then you can get some wear out of the tyre that's fitted to the spare instead of it spending most of it's life degrading in the boot.

Clive

500E
E320CDIT210

 

[Parrot of Doom]

I'd thought of that, unfortunately the car has the older style Merc wheels on (8 hole?). I think the last owner possibly spent money on nice wheels, flogged the originals, then when he sold the car he bought some cheapy Merc wheels and swapped them. It would explain why the wheels all around were so badly out of balance.

I reckon I'll stick with a steely, and possibly buy some nicer wheels in future.

 

[Bumper]

Here is the difference in the bolts between the alloy and the steel wheels.

 

[Parrot of Doom]

Blimey. What a stupid system.