I have had success seating the wheel bearing seal with a big flat piece of wood (and a hammer) and also with the deal driver kit you can "borrow" from Autozone, etc.
Scott Ritchey -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Craig McCluskey Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2007 23:13 To: mercedes Subject: [MBZ] Wheel Bearings! Well, I started the process to put my new dial indicator to use and jacked up the front of the car and removed both wheels. I attacked the driver's side wheel first. I took the brake caliper off, hung it by a piece of coathanger wire, and removed the hub and disk. With a fair amount of difficulty, I got the old grease seal off and removed the bearings. After much cleaning later (alcohol doesn't cut grease very well, but it's the only solvent I have), I weighed out some of the green Mercedes grease into both new grease caps (15 grams each) and then weighed out 50 grams into two sandwich bags for the two sets of bearings and hubs. The process of forcing the new grease into the bearings was a very gooey mess, going not quite as well as I had hoped, but it got done adequately. I then proceeded to get my largest socket and tap the seal into place. Unfortunately, my largest socket wasn't quite large enough and I pushed one lip of the seal down a noticable amount. After surveying the situation, I decided to take that one out (and make an overnight shipment from Rusty necessary). After much struggle again, I got the seal out. The second time, I knew I had to do something differently. I went next door and looked at my neighbor's socket collection. Worse than mine. Back home, I spied the old water pump/fan pulley from the 240D motor. The mounting flange of the pulley is much larger in diameter than the seal and thus would not cause the problem I had earlier. So, I proceeded with the pulley's face resting on the seal and the large socket resting on the pulley's mounting surface. I thought I had done a good job. I was wrong. One side of the seal was pressed down, but not as much as the last time. So, how good is good enough? I'll be calling Rusty early Monday for a set of new seals (maybe two), so I can replace this one, too (fortunately the tube of grease has a little extra grease in it so greasing the lips of successive new seals won't short the hub of grease). Any comments? Suggestions? Help? Help! I'll send a picture on a reply to this email (if I attach it to this email, it will be held up for Kaleb's approval). Craig _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
