Re: Brakes on my E36

["Ron Buchalski" <rbuchals@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Richard,

I encountered the same thing when I replaced the brakes on my E36 M3 last 
month.  I found a six piece set of metric hex bits at Sears (Craftsman) 
which had the right sized bits for the caliper and the rotor.

Unfortunately, you won't find the 14mm hex bit that's needed for the rear 
differential plugs.  For that, go to:

http://www.ultimategarage.com

and order a Facom D.107-14 from Steve D.


- -rb

>Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2000 20:13:50 -0500
>From: Richard <richardcoker@domain.elided>
>Subject: Brakes on my E36
>
>Thought others on the list might like knowing the following.  I changed my 
>rotors and pads yesterday and made a rude discovery after getting up at 
>6:00am to work on it.  I have like 5 different metric allen wrench sets and 
>NONE of them have the 7mm L wrench required to
>remove the caliper.  I went to the local Napa and they weren't open yet, 
>went to Super Walmart, no 7mm's.   Back to NAPA at opening, no 7mm, 
>couldn't even order one!  Over to the large Hardware/Feedstore Co-op store, 
>finally they had one.  Just a word of advice, buy a 7mm and might as well 
>get the missing 5mm too before doing brake jobs!   None of the sets I saw 
>had a 5 or 7mm allen wrench in them.

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