Yes the pressing in of the ball joint is a job for an experienced person, from what I understand if they go in crooked the only way to get them out is with a gas axe. Also you wanna be careful bashing things with a BFH, sometimes things end up bent or otherwise broken. Just about every decent workshop must have a hydraulic press to get a ball joint out. Specially these days with insurance. False economics, using a dangerous method to save on the cost of a $300-400 hydraulic press. Imagine if the ball peen had shattered and took out his eye.
Hendrik Rich Thomas wrote: > On the TD I took the knuckle to a shop, an old Benz mech (I think he was > Italian, go figure) put the thing in a vise and put a ball peen hammer > round end on the BJ, then took a BFH and beat on that thing like a > rented mule until the BJ popped out. Steel on steel, a bit scary. But > it came out and then they used the MB press to put in the new one, on > which the little collar snapped off. They ordered up a Lemforder (the > one I got from Rusty, was not sure of the brand, broke, I think this is > the right name for the good one) and they pressed that in fine. The > mech said anything else was not "proper" and they had broken two presses > ($650 per if I recall) on cheap replacements, so their preference was > the Lemforder. > > YMMV. > > --R > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
