Re: [MBZ] Drag link and steering damper

2010-06-04 Thread Curt Raymond
At camp we have a big ball peen hammer, must be 3 or 4#, it gets a lot of use, I need to find one of those. -Curt Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 20:13:41 -0500 From: OK Don To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Drag link and steering damper Message-ID:     Content-Type: text/plain; charset

Re: [MBZ] Drag link and steering damper

2010-06-03 Thread OK Don
I bought a Harbor Freight "proper" ball joint remover - it's too big. Only the very edges catch on the arm - can't get much pressure on the tapered shaft. The pickle fork works every time though - I use a 4# hammer :-) On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 1:02 PM, Curt Raymond wrote: > Finally got some more

[MBZ] Drag link and steering damper

2010-06-03 Thread Curt Raymond
Finally got some more steering fixing time on the 240D. Today I replaced the drag link and steering damper. The steering damper was totally shot, one of the joints on the drag link was totally shot and the other wasn't great... This is a pretty easy job, I used a pickle fork on the drag link but