Originally Posted by Zacharias

I did a quick cross-reference check with the OE Mercedes part number for Bendix front calipers on your car and it looks like you have the correct pads. The w116 and the w123 actually take the same front pads. Did not remember that.

However, I also saw a note on one other parts site that the use of Bendix calipers happened late in the production run for the w116 and it's an 'unusual' fitment.

So what I am going to warn you about, based on my own experiences with online shopping when I had the w116 SD, is that these cars often get lumped in with other models incorrectly in parts listings. The w116 SD was only sold for three years and not in huge numbers. On any make of car, that is a recipe for headaches at the parts counter. (I had a 1984 Volvo 760 Turbo, a half-year production model for MY 1984. I wish I had $20 for every time a parts guy, Volvo dealers included, told me there was no such car.)

When you get into VIN-number production splits for some parts, well that doesn't help matters.