Thinking strictly from the structural engineer's point of view, since this part is a known failure point, and lives under constant stress because of the belt tensioner, I would suggest you go with a new part rather than an "inplace thread replacement" scheme. Cost wise, the repair kit costs more than the new part, with sketchy results very possible. So to my thinking, time cost wise, the better return is to pull the front of the car apart to gain access and replace the cover along with a new idle pulley assembly.. done and dusted.. [while you have it off, have a look at the timing chain and tension parts.. ]
On Sun, Apr 17, 2022 at 4:12 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Getting ready to get this stripped belt tensioner bolt fixed on the 99 > 606 of my fathers. My current plan is to repair it with the cover in > place with a time sert. These things are expense and the kit for this > is $258. Of course that includes 5 inserts. I am planning on having the > possibly remove the radiator and condenser. Doing that the timing chain > is right behind the hole so would have to mark the depth on the drill > bit so I know how far I can go. > > Pricing a new cover, its around $193 for a new cover from various MB > parts dealers online. Should I attempt to repair the threads or just > bite the bullet and start pulling the front of the engine apart? I > assume water pump, vacuum pump, pulley, alternator bracket, ps pump and > bracket, crank pulley? What else would have to come off. Is it > removable without pulling the head and oil pan? > > _______________________________________ > http://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 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
