So how do you get the torque right and not mess up the differential? I thought that the FSM called for a special bench jig and all kinds of special tools for measuring various things. ------------- Max Charleston SC
On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 1:59 AM Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Yeah you can pull the flange easily enough. Just go easy with the impact > putting it back together or you will crush the crush sleeve more and have > to have the pinion reset. > > On Sat, Mar 28, 2020, 2:46 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Oh this was the $600E320 > > > > Doing on the car is probably easiest then. > > > > --FT > > Sent from iPhone > > > > > On Mar 28, 2020, at 5:00 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > I’ve never done it any other way. > > > > > > -D > > > > > > > > > > > >> On Mar 28, 2020, at 4:24 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > >> > > >> Oh so you can do it while the diff is on the car? I guess I should > > look up the procedure but I doubt if I'm going to do it any time soon. > > >> > > >> --FT > > >> > > >>> On 3/28/20 4:00 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: > > >>> New fluid can help, too. Additives that make the seals swell and/or > > remain pliable were probably long gone from the fluid that was in it. > > >>> > > >>> Pinion seals aren’t hard to do, it’s more of a PITA to drop the drive > > shaft to get to them. > > >>> > > >>> -D > > >>> > > >>>> On Mar 28, 2020, at 3:40 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>> Changed out the diff fluid on the $600E300. Was nasty. Was not hard > > to get the plugs out. Looks like the pinion seal is leaking. Looks like a > > PITA to get the diff dropped and out so I think I’ll just live with it. > > Diff seemed to be fairly full so I guess not too much has leaked. > > >>>> > > >>>> --FT > > >>>> Sent from iPhone > > >>>> _______________________________________ > > >>>> 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 > > >>> > > >> -- > > >> --FT > > >> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________ > > >> 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 > > > > > _______________________________________ > 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
