Re: [MBZ] POSitive news
I did em in the car. Jus wackem wit da BFH and dey pop out. Squeeze the new'un in wit da HF C clamp press and a pipe. These are out, so I may pay someone with a press to change em. 124s are easy. the 126well, I have no idea how i can do that without the Rusty tool kit. With the Rusty tool kit, it was easy. Yabut my method left the LCA mounted, no spring compressor required. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 On May 7, 2016 2:16:59 PM EDT, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote: The way I have seen it done is to put the arm in a big vise, put a ball peen hammer (round end) on the bottom of the BJ then whack the ball peen hammer with a BFH. Heat would probably help to loosen it. Take it to an indy who has the proper MB press to make the reinstall easy and pay them $20. --R On 5/7/16 9:23 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote: Oh what fun, lower ball joints! Do you have the correct tools / presses to extract and install? Last two that I did, I heated the LCA knuckle to point it was just starting to faintly glow in my dark garage, and then pressed it out, using the Hazard Fraught cheapo massive C-clamp press and a custom adapter that a friend with a machine shop made for me from a short piece of pipe. That worked pretty well. I think that I rented the press to push the new joints in. - Max Charleston SC On Sat, May 7, 2016 at 12:22 AM, Curly McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: Took the POSitive out for a drive tonight. Probably about 100 to 120 miles. It performed well. This was the longest drive since the Diesel Kleen started to cut loose the soy oil polymer tank lining and cause massive fuel filter pluggin, resulting in the tank coming out and a week of cleaning. I can tell though that after I finish redoing the rear suspension i will need to start on the front. I'd guess it has a bad ball joint. The fact that it was flawless on the road was good news, as was the unexpected fact that the sunroof works well and correctly. Two POSitive things for a change! Fortunately, I have a spare pair of front LCAs now, so I can rebush them and put them on the POSitive. Those ball joints are good and fairly new, but I will probably replace them anyway. ___ 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 -- --BB ___ 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 ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] POSitive news
Yabut my method left the LCA mounted, no spring compressor required. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 On May 7, 2016 2:16:59 PM EDT, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote: >The way I have seen it done is to put the arm in a big vise, put a ball > >peen hammer (round end) on the bottom of the BJ then whack the ball >peen >hammer with a BFH. Heat would probably help to loosen it. Take it to >an indy who has the proper MB press to make the reinstall easy and pay >them $20. > >--R > >On 5/7/16 9:23 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote: >> Oh what fun, lower ball joints! Do you have the correct tools / >presses to >> extract and install? Last two that I did, I heated the LCA knuckle >to >> point it was just starting to faintly glow in my dark garage, and >then >> pressed it out, using the Hazard Fraught cheapo massive C-clamp press >and a >> custom adapter that a friend with a machine shop made for me from a >short >> piece of pipe. That worked pretty well. I think that I rented the >press >> to push the new joints in. >> >> - >> Max >> Charleston SC >> >> On Sat, May 7, 2016 at 12:22 AM, Curly McLain via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >>> Took the POSitive out for a drive tonight. Probably about 100 to >120 >>> miles. It performed well. This was the longest drive since the >Diesel >>> Kleen started to cut loose the soy oil polymer tank lining and cause >>> massive fuel filter pluggin, resulting in the tank coming out and a >week of >>> cleaning. I can tell though that after I finish redoing the rear >>> suspension i will need to start on the front. I'd guess it has a >bad ball >>> joint. >>> >>> The fact that it was flawless on the road was good news, as was the >>> unexpected fact that the sunroof works well and correctly. Two >POSitive >>> things for a change! >>> >>> Fortunately, I have a spare pair of front LCAs now, so I can rebush >them >>> and put them on the POSitive. Those ball joints are good and fairly >new, >>> but I will probably replace them anyway. >>> >>> ___ >>> 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 >> > >-- >--BB > > >___ >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
Re: [MBZ] POSitive news
The way I have seen it done is to put the arm in a big vise, put a ball peen hammer (round end) on the bottom of the BJ then whack the ball peen hammer with a BFH. Heat would probably help to loosen it. Take it to an indy who has the proper MB press to make the reinstall easy and pay them $20. --R On 5/7/16 9:23 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote: Oh what fun, lower ball joints! Do you have the correct tools / presses to extract and install? Last two that I did, I heated the LCA knuckle to point it was just starting to faintly glow in my dark garage, and then pressed it out, using the Hazard Fraught cheapo massive C-clamp press and a custom adapter that a friend with a machine shop made for me from a short piece of pipe. That worked pretty well. I think that I rented the press to push the new joints in. - Max Charleston SC On Sat, May 7, 2016 at 12:22 AM, Curly McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: Took the POSitive out for a drive tonight. Probably about 100 to 120 miles. It performed well. This was the longest drive since the Diesel Kleen started to cut loose the soy oil polymer tank lining and cause massive fuel filter pluggin, resulting in the tank coming out and a week of cleaning. I can tell though that after I finish redoing the rear suspension i will need to start on the front. I'd guess it has a bad ball joint. The fact that it was flawless on the road was good news, as was the unexpected fact that the sunroof works well and correctly. Two POSitive things for a change! Fortunately, I have a spare pair of front LCAs now, so I can rebush them and put them on the POSitive. Those ball joints are good and fairly new, but I will probably replace them anyway. ___ 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 -- --BB ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] POSitive news
Oh what fun, lower ball joints! Do you have the correct tools / presses to extract and install? Last two that I did, I heated the LCA knuckle to point it was just starting to faintly glow in my dark garage, and then pressed it out, using the Hazard Fraught cheapo massive C-clamp press and a custom adapter that a friend with a machine shop made for me from a short piece of pipe. That worked pretty well. I think that I rented the press to push the new joints in. - Max Charleston SC On Sat, May 7, 2016 at 12:22 AM, Curly McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Took the POSitive out for a drive tonight. Probably about 100 to 120 > miles. It performed well. This was the longest drive since the Diesel > Kleen started to cut loose the soy oil polymer tank lining and cause > massive fuel filter pluggin, resulting in the tank coming out and a week of > cleaning. I can tell though that after I finish redoing the rear > suspension i will need to start on the front. I'd guess it has a bad ball > joint. > > The fact that it was flawless on the road was good news, as was the > unexpected fact that the sunroof works well and correctly. Two POSitive > things for a change! > > Fortunately, I have a spare pair of front LCAs now, so I can rebush them > and put them on the POSitive. Those ball joints are good and fairly new, > but I will probably replace them anyway. > > ___ > 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
[MBZ] POSitive news
Took the POSitive out for a drive tonight. Probably about 100 to 120 miles. It performed well. This was the longest drive since the Diesel Kleen started to cut loose the soy oil polymer tank lining and cause massive fuel filter pluggin, resulting in the tank coming out and a week of cleaning. I can tell though that after I finish redoing the rear suspension i will need to start on the front. I'd guess it has a bad ball joint. The fact that it was flawless on the road was good news, as was the unexpected fact that the sunroof works well and correctly. Two POSitive things for a change! Fortunately, I have a spare pair of front LCAs now, so I can rebush them and put them on the POSitive. Those ball joints are good and fairly new, but I will probably replace them anyway. ___ 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
