malphadour
Member
Just sharing as I am now going through the massive **** ache of trying to sort this out.
The front roll bar bushes on the clk 270 (and I guess most if not all W209 models) are held in with 8mm bolts. These are bolted thru the sub frame and the thread is part of the frame.
When you try to undo them they sheer and then yo are screwed.
I have subsequently googled this and it is a really common problem with these bolts.
Nobody else has mentioned it on this forum so I'm doing my bit to warn you.
Once they have sheered they are in a really awkward place to get to so I can't get enough grip on them to remove them, and despite the bolts being crap enough to sheer they are hard enough to be almost impossible to drill - ive tried.
Now taking it to a garage which utterly defeats the point of doing it myself.
Oh, and the bushes were fine and didn't need changing just to rub it in....
The front roll bar bushes on the clk 270 (and I guess most if not all W209 models) are held in with 8mm bolts. These are bolted thru the sub frame and the thread is part of the frame.
When you try to undo them they sheer and then yo are screwed.
I have subsequently googled this and it is a really common problem with these bolts.
Nobody else has mentioned it on this forum so I'm doing my bit to warn you.
Once they have sheered they are in a really awkward place to get to so I can't get enough grip on them to remove them, and despite the bolts being crap enough to sheer they are hard enough to be almost impossible to drill - ive tried.
Now taking it to a garage which utterly defeats the point of doing it myself.
Oh, and the bushes were fine and didn't need changing just to rub it in....