Everything is back together with one exception - I have one exhaust header bolt that’s stretched and looking poorly. I have everything back together and ready to go but that. As soon as the spouse rolls up I’ll head over to Ace to get a replacement and I’ll be done.
Used my vice and the old bearing to press the new one into the new bearing carrier. Used a flat bladed screwdriver and a rubber mallet to tap the new bearing into place by positioning the blade on the edge of the inner race and tapping it carefully, alternating at 180 degree positions. Took a minute or two, but the bearing went one without a problem and seated nicely. Got the new flex disc in without an issue. Notice they (MB) supplies a couple of sets of different length bolts, so you have to pay attention to the ones you took out. With the help of the floor jack I got the exhaust back in place without nearly as much effort as I expected. Got three of the four bolts in the headers, waiting for the replacement bolt shortly as described. Then it’s the moment of truth - test drive! -D > On Mar 24, 2017, at 1:33 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > Lunch time…. > > Got the front flex disc out, the front driveshaft section, and the center > bearing and carrier removed from the rear driveshaft. > > Center bearing had a tiny little bit of axial play, but wasn’t rough. > Bearing carrier was weird. You can see the picture I linked to of it below. > I’m hoping I’ve got something to drive the new bearing into place with, like > a short piece of pipe or something. If not everything will come to a halt > until spousal unit gets home, as I can’t close the garage door and none of > the boys are around to keep tabs on the house while I’m gone. > > I’m going to enjoy some left over pork fried rice with Kitty and head back > out to start reassembling. My only concern at this point is being able to > manhandle the exhaust system back into place. That’s not going to be fun, I > suspect. > > Parts as removed from car: > https://www.dropbox.com/s/8lprq72sk90r6m1/IMG_1405.jpg?dl=0 > > Crack in flex disc: > https://www.dropbox.com/s/xzrt2r0000ocrl6/IMG_1406.jpg?dl=0 > > Strange bearing carrier: > https://www.dropbox.com/s/vu61yf1adja39n7/IMG_1408.jpg?dl=0 > > -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
