Thanks Rich. That is some good stuff! Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 22, 2011, at 7:00 PM, Rich Thomas <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote: Did you check out my web page? Everything you need to know, right there! http://www.constructivity.net/rebuilding_a_79_300td.htm Nothing to dread, I would take the ball joints to an indy shop and let them deal with it. You could rent the spring compressor from Rusty for cheapcheep. The other stuff was not that hard. I only vaguely recall the bushings but I think with some dish detergent they slid right in. Ah, here it is: Once the spring is off you can remove and replace all the other rubber bits very easily in an apparent process. Undo the bolt holding the upper control arm from the engine compartment and it slides in/out easily. The upper CA to sway bar bolt/bushings come off easily. The lower CA comes off when you undo the big eccentric bolt on the frame, and the inner bushings come out with a bit of hacking at the thin aluminum sleeve and some minimal force. Use a vise to press in each bushing in the lower CA, and then put in the new aluminum sleeve and flare the end over using a ball peen hammer round end, or something similar. Some dish soap was recommended for lubricant of the new bushings and that worked well until my wife came looking for it and the bottle was all greasy, alas. Make sure you get Lemforder ball joints, Rusty sent me some other kind and one broke, it was crap and the mech said they had broken their tool (mucho dinero) on the cheap ones before but were lucky this time. --R On 10/22/11 6:38 PM, Dimitri Seretakis wrote: With all this talk on front end rebuilds in the air this is a good time to ask. I'm planning a front end rebuild on my 82 240D next weekend with the assistance of a friend and possibly Andrew if he can get away from squashing around:) I've never done this. I bought all the parts from Rusty. I splurged and bought the proper Klann spring compressor. I'm dreading the removal and pressing in of the steering knuckle and pressing in and flaring of the LCA bushings and aluminum sleeve. Do any of you have some words of wisdom regarding this job? _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to 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 For new and used parts go to 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 For new and used parts go to 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
