Not sure about a car this new, but in general, (For the cars from 86
through ~2000) the OE axles are what you want.
If you can't see cracks in the boots, I would not worry about them.
It is normal to have some weeping of the grease through the boot
ends. If the boots are cracked or near cracking, new boots can be
put on. I would run the original axles until they are noisy or
broken.
As for the spring, it is not a terribly difficult DIY repair.
Replace both rear springs at the same time. Used Springs should be
available via car-part.com ~100/pair or less. New through Q jr. may
not be much more than that.
Hi Guys,
I Took my 2004 E320 4matic (77K) to a local dealership that
was having a "Service Clinic" for MBCA members in Westchester, New
York.
They found two issues:
- Left Rear Spring was cracked the mechanic said he could see the
car was leaning left and the crack was in the lower section which
was not visible to me on the lift.
- Front outer axle boots were leaking and the axles needed replacing.
The estimate for the repairs were $4508.80 to replace the front
axles and $800 for the rear springs!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The axle boots appeared to have grease around the area but I saw no
obvious cracks. I got online and found replacement axles for around
$250 each in addition to genuine Mercedes Replacement boots for $85
per pair. Anyone have experience replacing the axles or just the
boots. Should only genuine Mercedes Axles be used? How bad a job is
it? I am still having no luck finding a repair manual.
Any thoughts on the spring replacement?
Lastly I asked him about a malfunction message I receive when I set
the instrument panel to the correct year, month and day. The
malfunction keeps reading "Main Inspection Performed on Time?".
When I set the year back to 2000 the message disappears (I don't
know why that works). At first they never heard of the issue so I
set it to the correct day, year and month and the malfunction
message appeared. Then another technician said to fix it involves
programming which takes over an hour because this message is a
reminder that a New York Inspection is due, the dealerships have
capability not independent shops. Anyone have a similar issue?
Does any of this make and sense?
Any comments appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Bob
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