Pretty sure a spring compressor is required for the front. Check the price for a new lower control arm, that should have mounted new ball joint and inner bushing. Pricey, but time saving and fewer special tools required. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300
On March 10, 2017 8:31:12 PM EST, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >SWMBO is of the opinion I need to make the 300SEL fit for handing over >to the oldest boy. While I’m far from keen about this, as we all know >a wise man picks his battles carefully. > >Anyway, my feeling is that if this is to be, the front end needs to be >rebuilt before handing it over. This serves two purposes: > >1.) To make the car pretty much 100% as far as front suspension, as the >boots on all the joints are gone and it’s a little noisy at times. > >2.) I have never rebuilt the front suspension on ANY Mercedes, so this >would be a good opportunity to do so with the blessings of the spouse. > >I’ll be researching this on the Interwebs, but of course any >observations, suggestions or experience that people might want to share >would be most welcome. I am assuming I need to replace: > >Upper control arms >Lower ball joints >Lower control arm bushings > >The guide rods have been changed and look good and are tight, so those >should be OK. Do I need to worry about the guide rod bushings/mounts? >How much of a nightmare is removing the ball joints? Should I have a >shop press the new ones in as well as the LCA bushings? I don’t need a >spring compressor as I recall - I can just separate the lower ball >joint and lower the arm to release the spring, correct? > >I figure I can learn how to do this on the 300SEL and then when the >time comes to do the 350SDL it will be that much easier. > >Thanks, > >-D >_______________________________________ >http://www.okiebenz.com > >To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
