[W126 Coupe] diff removal

[Jonathan]

It's not a Torx...it's more of a triple square.  Matco/snap on/Mac etc 
would have it..  Maybe Napa..

Jonathan
Markus Meyer wrote:

> I did run to Sears as I wrote, but they didn't have anything like it.  

> Unless I'm mistaken, I thought Torx heads were a star with 6 points, 

> not 12 points?  If you took a 9 or 10mm 12pt socket and looked at it, 

> that's what the hole in this bolt looks like.  Unless there are also 

> 12pt Torx bits?  But still, I don't want to buy a bunch of Torx bits 

> just to figure out what size this sucker is...

>  

> MM T55 Torx Bit Socket

> Markus Meyer

> mfm at meyerprobateproperties.com <mailto:mfm at meyerprobateproperties.com>

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>     -------- Original Message --------

>     Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] diff removal

>     From: "Day . Ralph" <RDay at drc.com>

>     Date: Thu, July 31, 2008 8:41 am

>     To: Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>

>

>     Sounds like a Torx head to me.  You can find them at Sears or any

>     tool store.

>      

>     *Ralph D. Day*

>     Senior Program Manager/ASQ LSS Certified Black Belt

>     Dynamics Research Corporation

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>     *From:* mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com

>     <mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com>

>     [mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com] *On Behalf Of *Markus Meyer

>     *Sent:* Thursday, July 31, 2008 8:27 AM

>     *To:* mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com <mailto:mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>

>     *Subject:* [W126 Coupe] diff removal

>

>      

>

>     I'm trying to remove the diff from one of my 126 parts cars (88

>     SEC). The two front bolts are allen bolts and I got them out. But

>     the larger rear one is a star shaped bolt - any idea the exact

>     size (I think its around a 9mm?) and where the heck I can get the

>     bit/tool that fits in there? I ran to Sears just as it was closing

>     last night when I realized I needed a special part (I was afraid

>     of using an allen key and rounding it out) but they didn't have

>     any star shaped bits (its not the socket bit I need - its not a

>     bolt head, its a hole which is star shaped).

>

>     Thanks,

>     Markus Meyer

>     mfm at meyerprobateproperties.com <mailto:mfm at meyerprobateproperties.com>

>     http://www.meyerprobateproperties.com/

>     Meyer Probate & Properties, LLC

>     484-919-9762

>

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