Is there a difference between front brake pads for W123, are the pads for the models up to 79 thinner?

I have a really hard time to get the pads in, got one in and now the wheel doesn't spin at all. It is almost impossible to get the second one in, the caliper is all the way in.

Wrong pads?

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1979 Black on Black, 300CD (sold), 1990 Black 300SE, Silver 1989 Volvo 780, 1988 300CE (vanished by the hands of a girlfriend), 1992 300CE (Rescue).

The EPC shows a 15 mm kit for early models and a 17.5 mm kit for later ones.

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Rick Miley
2014 Tesla Model S
2018 Tesla Model 3
2017 Nissan LEAF
Former MB: 99 E300, 86 190E 2.3, 87 300E, 80 240D, 82 204D Euro
Chain Elongation References

I've had good luck with the ATE's from Fastlane on 80-85 models

Don

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It looks like they are 2mm to thick. I hope they still exchange them, I told them it was 1978 model.

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1979 Black on Black, 300CD (sold), 1990 Black 300SE, Silver 1989 Volvo 780, 1988 300CE (vanished by the hands of a girlfriend), 1992 300CE (Rescue).

Jorn,

If you have a grinder, grind a little off. That's what I did.

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