Glad her parts are going to good use. ATTABOY!
W
----- Original Message -----
From: "Meade Dillon via Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
To: "Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Cc: "Meade Dillon" <dillonm...@gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2018 2:45 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 124 Differential Swap - Rear Mounts
Done with both mounts, using all-thread / socket / washers. I'm SO glad
this job wasn't was bad as you describe Dan. I must be living right.
They were dead, left side was very badly deteriorated. This work is on
The
White Whale, 390k miles, and the differential has so much slop in the
right
side bearing that I get bad knocking noises from the rear end under
acceleration. Both half-axles were also shot.
I've got a very nice used differential from Wilton's 300D, only 148k
miles,
so that differential and axles are going into The White Whale.
I ordered new differential mounts from FCP Euro last Sunday, got the wrong
count. There are two rear diff mounts, bushings really. There is a
single
mount at the front, but that is really two pieces that make a sandwich on
the sub-frame. I thought I ordered two rear mounts and one front mount
(assuming I'd get both halves of the front mount). I ended up with two
boxes of rear mounts (with two bushings in each box) and one half of the
front mount. I'll reuse the best looking side from Wilton's sedan for
now.
OK, back out under TWW to muscle the diff into place, fun fun fun...
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Max
Charleston SC
On Sat, Oct 20, 2018 at 1:46 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
Is there a reason why you want to change these out? Are they worn or
otherwise looking like they need replacement?
I ask because they are a total pig to replace.
-D
> On Oct 20, 2018, at 1:42 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks guys. Air chisel - that doesn't sound good, I don't have one of
> those....
>
> Reading the FSM 35-050, a special tool is required to measure a
> dimension
> between left mount and a spot on the sub-frame, looks like MB wants the
> mounts to be flat to each other and perpendicular to the driveshaft?
> How
> do I work around lack of that special tool?
> -------------
> Max
> Charleston SC
>
>
> On Sat, Oct 20, 2018 at 1:34 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
>> And you’ll need an air chisel to get the mounts out most likely. From
the
>> back, I would add.
>>
>> -D
>>
>>
>>> On Oct 20, 2018, at 1:27 PM, Frederick Moir via Mercedes <
>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Max.
>>> "Looks like I'll need to fashion up some sort of puller with big
sockets
>> and
>>> a nice piece of acme all-thread. "
>>> That's what I did.
>>> Fred.
>>>
>>> On Sat, Oct 20, 2018 at 1:17 PM Meade Dillon via Mercedes <
>>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> What's the method for R&R the differential mounts in the sub-frame
>>>> at
>> the
>>>> rear of the differential?
>>>>
>>>> I seem to recall someone said they are driven out to the front of
>>>> the
>> car?
>>>>
>>>> Looks like I'll need to fashion up some sort of puller with big
sockets
>> and
>>>> a nice piece of acme all-thread.
>>>> -------------
>>>> Max
>>>> Charleston SC
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