[W126 Coupe] diff removal

[Mister McGoo]

Yes, coming in here too late......  it is a 12mm "triple square" (some suppliers call it a "double hex") and is available from Snap-On.  Much cheaper if you can borrow it!
-Bellamy



From: mfm at meyerprobateproperties.comTo: mbcoupes at mbcoupes.comDate: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:00:14 -0700Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] diff removal
Thanks.  Its a 12mm, borrowed it from my mechanic.  Turns out a 12mm allen isn't the same size as a 12mm triple square!
 
Got it loose, now to take off the axles, which turns out are the same bolts!
 
Markus Meyer
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-------- Original Message --------Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] diff removalFrom: "Jason Mavris" <mavris2 at comcast.net>Date: Thu, July 31, 2008 5:54 pmTo: "Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists" <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com> 
You can look here and this will show you bolts and tool.    
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_Square_screws
 
Jason 

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

Markus Meyer
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-------- Original Message --------Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] diff removalFrom: "Day . Ralph" mailto:RDay at drc.comDate: Thu, July 31, 2008 8:41 amTo: Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists mailto:mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com



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

Ralph D. Day
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From: mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com [mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com] On Behalf Of Markus MeyerSent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 8:27 AMTo: mbcoupes at mbcoupes.comSubject: [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

http://www.meyerprobateproperties.com/

Meyer Probate & Properties, LLC

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