Pardon my rant.
REALLY Stellantis (AKA Chrysler MOPAR) an 11mm hex?
The past weekend I decided to do a brake job on my wife’s 2019 Jeep Grand Cherokee. It’s got about 55k on the clock and the rear pads were getting into the “change soon” range. I had earlier purchased sets of Akebono premium pads for both axles and had done a brake system flush earlier this year.
Deciding to do the rear first I went to remove the caliper slide pins to find they require a hex hey to remove. Working on older BMW motorcycles I am used to working with 4-6-8 and for a few items a 10mm hex socket. Taking a quick look I grabbed the 6 and 8mm only to find one loose and the other would not fit??? It actually uses a 7mm which I did have in the set. Now there is not enough room to get a socketed hex on the bottom slide pin because of interference with part of the arm so I had to use an actual key. Fortunately they are only torqued to 20 lb-ft but I like to use a torque wrench and could not on the bottom pins.
Now on to the front. Well…. I thought the slide pins there were 10mm but noooooooooo they are 11mm.
This size is not part of any assortment of hex sockets and even HF does not list any. The local auto parts stores, if they listed one, had to be backordered. It appears NAPA regularly gets and carries them but they are not open on Sunday. Amazon lists a few so I went with that.
So anyone with a fourth-generation Jeep Grand Cherokee (WK2 - non-SRT) be sure to check your slide pins before starting that brake job.