Hmmm, I thought the torque of the control arm nuts and bolts was supposed to be done with the car resting on all four wheels, in "ready to drive" condition (nothing loaded but full fuel tank and all fluids topped up, spare tire and tools in place). I think that the rear axles have just a slight downward angle in this position? ------------- Max Charleston SC
On Mon, Oct 28, 2019 at 12:44 AM Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Yeah, they came out fine. Getting them back in without a compressor is the > question. One is supposed to torque all the bolts with the axles > horizontal; this means all the bushings are holding the control arms up > when the subframe is bolted back in. If you put the springs in before > jacking the subframe up, you are now fighting the bushing torque as the > springs push down on it all. Getting the bolts started is hard > enough without that. So I bolted the frame in, but now there is no way to > get the springs back in without a compressor. > > On Sun, Oct 27, 2019 at 8:18 PM Curley McLain via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > I thought the rear springs would come out with the car up and the shock > > unbolted. I know they do with 110 and 123, and I am pretty sure i've > > done it on the 124. > > > > Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes wrote on 10/27/19 9:43 PM: > > > Is it possible to get these back in without the compressor? I torqued > > > everything with the subframe on the bench and there is no way I am > doing > > > that again, the control arm wont go down all the way even with my 100lb > > kid > > > standing on the hub. I guess I am looking for a compressor tomorrow. > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > 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 > > _______________________________________ 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
