Re: [MBZ] W163 and ball joints

[Curley McLain via Mercedes]

cut the nut off with a grinder for flame wrench.  BTDT, don't remember 
how I got er done.  Most of the time i tighten it down, unless there is 
enough room under the nut to get  channelllock on or a vice grip.



Mitch Haley via Mercedes 
January 20, 2018 at 5:28 PM
Ever have a ball joint separate from the taper while you're trying to 
loosen the nut?
All 3 on my W163 did that. Track link I finished taking the nut off by 
using a jack to shove the taper together. That wasn't so bad. Upper 
ball joint nut jammed solid when there was only about one thread left 
exposed above it. Had to cut the nut off. My fault for forcing it when 
it started getting hard to turn.


The lower ball joint started spinning as soon as I started turning the 
nut.
I can torque it back down with the air wrench, loosen it a half turn 
or so and then it starts spinning the stud again. Figured I could rock 
it back and forth, since the nut was moving a little. 20 
tighten/loosen cycles later and no change, I gave up on that idea.


Any idea how to get this thing apart, aside from grinding the flange 
off the nut so I can get my nut splitter on it? I'm about ready to 
give up for now, shoot it with Kroil every weekend until April, and 
deal with it then.



Mitch.


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Re: [MBZ] W163 and ball joints

[Max Dillon via Mercedes]

I vote for grinder, nut splitter, hacksaw, etc.
-- 
Max Dillon
Charleston SC
'87 300TD
'95 E300

On January 20, 2018 6:28:17 PM EST, Mitch Haley via Mercedes 
 wrote:
>Ever have a ball joint separate from the taper while you're trying to
>loosen the nut?
>All 3 on my W163 did that. Track link I finished taking the nut off by
>using a jack to shove the taper together. That wasn't so bad. Upper
>ball joint nut jammed solid when there was only about one thread left
>exposed above it. Had to cut the nut off. My fault for forcing it when
>it started getting hard to turn.  
>
>The lower ball joint started spinning as soon as I started turning the
>nut. 
>I can torque it back down with the air wrench, loosen it a half turn or
>so and then it starts spinning the stud again. Figured I could rock it
>back and forth, since the nut was moving a little. 20 tighten/loosen
>cycles later and no change, I gave up on that idea. 
>
>Any idea how to get this thing apart, aside from grinding the flange
>off the nut so I can get my nut splitter on it? I'm about ready to give
>up for now, shoot it with Kroil every weekend until April, and deal
>with it then. 
>
>
>Mitch.
>
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[MBZ] W163 and ball joints

[Mitch Haley via Mercedes]

Ever have a ball joint separate from the taper while you're trying to loosen 
the nut?
All 3 on my W163 did that. Track link I finished taking the nut off by using a 
jack to shove the taper together. That wasn't so bad. Upper ball joint nut 
jammed solid when there was only about one thread left exposed above it. Had to 
cut the nut off. My fault for forcing it when it started getting hard to turn.  

The lower ball joint started spinning as soon as I started turning the nut. 
I can torque it back down with the air wrench, loosen it a half turn or so and 
then it starts spinning the stud again. Figured I could rock it back and forth, 
since the nut was moving a little. 20 tighten/loosen cycles later and no 
change, I gave up on that idea. 

Any idea how to get this thing apart, aside from grinding the flange off the 
nut so I can get my nut splitter on it? I'm about ready to give up for now, 
shoot it with Kroil every weekend until April, and deal with it then. 


Mitch.

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