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Mercedes Benz Sprinter 2.1D 209 CDi 2006 - Front brake caliper retaining bolts (Torx) #

Posted by Paul Howd on September 16, 2012, 8:10 pm

Year of Manufacture *: 56 plate

I am having difficulty with the Torx headed bolts that retain the front brake callipers on one of these.

My Torx key (Which is in good condition and is a good tight fit in all other applications) seems sloppy in the (What appear to be#) torx headed bolts that retain the callipers to the extent that I am worried about ripping the middle out of them if i try to remove them.

The next size up is too big.

The bolt head socket "appears" (as far as I can see using a torch and mirror) to be undamaged and in good condition.

#The question is, Are these infact Torx headed bolts or some sort of "Almost but not quite" special propriotory Merc fastner designed to make life hard for non merc people such as myself?

Or is it more likly just to be a standard but damaged one that I will just have to deal with?

Paul

Re: Merc Sprinter 2.1D 209 CDI- Front brake caliper retaining bolts (Torx)

Posted by James Eardley User icon on September 16, 2012, 8:28 pm, in reply to "Merc Sprinter 2.1D 209 CDI- Front brake caliper retaining bolts (Torx)"

Hi Paul

Are these RIBE TORX?

Torx do fit them but they are baggy.

hth
James

Re: Merc Sprinter 2.1D 209 CDI- Front brake caliper retaining bolts (Torx)

Posted by lee mackintosh User icon on September 16, 2012, 8:34 pm, in reply to "Merc Sprinter 2.1D 209 CDI- Front brake caliper retaining bolts (Torx)"
Lee Mackintosh

Are you sure its not a 9mm alen key bolt as I had to buy one for a merc ml. We couldn't initially decide what is was but we came to the conclusion it was this. Don't know why or how maybe luck.

So could be the same setup for yours.

Re: Merc Sprinter 2.1D 209 CDI- Front brake caliper retaining bolts (Torx)

Posted by Ian Baxter User icon on September 17, 2012, 1:07 pm, in reply to "Re: Merc Sprinter 2.1D 209 CDI- Front brake caliper retaining bolts (Torx)"
Ian Baxter

I'm sure a 2006 Sprinter is 7mm hex

Ian

Re: Merc Sprinter 2.1D 209 CDI- Front brake caliper retaining bolts (Torx)

Posted by Paul Howd on September 19, 2012, 8:30 am, in reply to "Re: Merc Sprinter 2.1D 209 CDI- Front brake caliper retaining bolts (Torx)"
Message modified by board administrator September 20, 2012, 12:45 pm

I will have another look.

Unfortunatly I am now of an age where I not only have to use a Mirror and a torch! I have to be able to manhandle a magnifying glass aswell!

Re: Mercedes Benz Sprinter 2.1D 209 CDi 2006 - Front brake caliper retaining bolts (Torx) #

Posted by Kevin Gundry User icon on October 3, 2012, 12:17 pm, in reply to "Mercedes Benz Sprinter 2.1D 209 CDi 2006 - Front brake caliper retaining bolts (Torx) #"
Kevin Gundry

Hi Paul,
Bit late i know, but they are a 6mm allen key on the front, never known any with a torx bolt unless they have been replaced? and i have done 1 or 2 of this model

HTH

Kev Gundry

Re: Mercedes Benz Sprinter 2.1D 209 CDi 2006 - Front brake caliper retaining bolts (Torx) #

Posted by Ian Baxter User icon on October 3, 2012, 4:36 pm, in reply to "Re: Mercedes Benz Sprinter 2.1D 209 CDi 2006 - Front brake caliper retaining bolts (Torx) #"
Ian Baxter

I raise you 1mm and stick at 7mm Hex

Re: Mercedes Benz Sprinter 2.1D 209 CDi 2006 - Front brake caliper retaining bolts (Torx) #

Posted by mark mcgrath User icon on October 3, 2012, 9:31 pm, in reply to "Mercedes Benz Sprinter 2.1D 209 CDi 2006 - Front brake caliper retaining bolts (Torx) #"
Mark McGrath

7 mm hex

Re: Mercedes Benz Sprinter 2.1D 209 CDi 2006 - Front brake caliper retaining bolts (Torx) #

Posted by Paul Howd User icon on October 4, 2012, 10:56 am, in reply to "Re: Mercedes Benz Sprinter 2.1D 209 CDi 2006 - Front brake caliper retaining bolts (Torx) #"
Paul Howd

Yep, 7mm hex! Job done.

I really cannot see close up these days

I had to use torch, Mirror and magnifying glass! Tricky, Three items all of which needed carefull positioning with only two hands

Re: Mercedes Benz Sprinter 2.1D 209 CDi 2006 - Front brake caliper retaining bolts (Torx) #

Posted by Jim power User icon on October 4, 2012, 12:50 pm, in reply to "Re: Mercedes Benz Sprinter 2.1D 209 CDi 2006 - Front brake caliper retaining bolts (Torx) #"
James Power

I really cannot see close up these days

Hi Paul, do you not wear specs?
Seriously, if not, you need to bite the bullet. If I didnt have reading specs (up close) I might as well stay in bed every day.
Jim.

jim power

Re: Mercedes Benz Sprinter 2.1D 209 CDi 2006 - Front brake caliper retaining bolts (Torx) #

Posted by Paul Howd User icon on October 5, 2012, 9:12 am, in reply to "Re: Mercedes Benz Sprinter 2.1D 209 CDi 2006 - Front brake caliper retaining bolts (Torx) #"
Paul Howd

I do have specs

The trouble is dealing with the compromise between close and distance vision. The compromise I have chosen (for now) does mean that seeing really close up (ie less than a foot or so) is becoming increasingly difficult.

This isnt generally a problem but poking ones head into a wheel arch and trying to see something that is only 6-8 inches away is increasingly tricky.

The alternative is to carry three different pairs of specs however I have not yet got use to this idea It has all happened really quite quickly (My Mother tells me that this aparrantly sudden loss of close vision with age is quite normal)

Ho Humm...

Re: Mercedes Benz Sprinter 2.1D 209 CDi 2006 - Front brake caliper retaining bolts (Torx) #

Posted by Jim Power User icon on October 6, 2012, 9:21 pm, in reply to "Re: Mercedes Benz Sprinter 2.1D 209 CDi 2006 - Front brake caliper retaining bolts (Torx) #"
James Power

Well, you know your Mother is always right and I have been ageing a while.

I dont have any problems with distance vision, thankfully and need just the one pair.
I do have one pair of bifocals(safety spec) which I try to use as much as possible. Problem is working overhead as you heed a neck that can bend back at 90 degrees to be looking through the correct part of the glass.
Just getting old.

jim power

Re: Mercedes Benz Sprinter 2.1D 209 CDi 2006 - Front brake caliper retaining bolts (Torx) #

Posted by Kev Gundry User icon on October 9, 2012, 10:39 am, in reply to "Re: Mercedes Benz Sprinter 2.1D 209 CDi 2006 - Front brake caliper retaining bolts (Torx) #"

Sorry which model are we talking about here T1n or NCV3

T1n upto 2006 = 7mm allen key front and back unless it is fitted with bosch calipers on the rear in which case it's a 13mm hex socket

NCV3 from 2006 6mm allen key

rears 13 hex socket

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