I've got a bad ball joint on my 190D euro. I think that R&Ring it,
along with the alignment, is beyond my capabilities. My good local indy
wants $270, using MB parts. The local mcparts shop wants half that,
using NAPA parts.
Is the MBparts & alignment worth twice the mcparts?
Thanks,
Ron Dwel
On Wed, Sep 21, 2005 at 04:56:08PM -0400, Ron Dwelle wrote:
> I've got a bad ball joint on my 190D euro. I think that R&Ring it,
> along with the alignment, is beyond my capabilities. My good local indy
> wants $270, using MB parts. The local mcparts shop wants half that,
> using NAPA parts.
>
We bent the press on the W126 ball joint, it's much harder to get to.
You need an adapter tube of some sort for removal -- a pile of big
washer will work. The adapters with the Harbor Freight tool work going
back in.
Ball joint R&R isn't bad, you can leave the spring in IF you set the
contr
Ron Dwelle wrote:
I've got a bad ball joint on my 190D euro. I think that R&Ring it,
along with the alignment, is beyond my capabilities. My good local indy
wants $270, using MB parts. The local mcparts shop wants half that,
using NAPA parts.
Is the MBparts & alignment worth twice the mcparts
How do you folks get the joint out in the first place?
Peter Frederick wrote:
We bent the press on the W126 ball joint, it's much harder to get to.
You need an adapter tube of some sort for removal -- a pile of big
washer will work. The adapters with the Harbor Freight tool work going
back
