Bush Replacement | Rear Control Arm | Mercedes W210/S210
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- Опубліковано 31 лип 2023
- Replacing the rear outer control arm (lower hub) bush on a Mercedes W210/S210 using a custom tool.
Contact David @W210Garage for a proper tool for the job, better than the one I used here in the video. mbenzsource@gmail.com
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Wow, glad to see that you're able to complete the job. Also many thank you for sharing here my channel.
In overall if you do not need this tool for industrial use that cheap ones will make the job 1-2 times, otherwise we have to jump on more professional stuff.
Anyway Regards Mate!
I love your dedication for this car. when I bought my first w202, I had a great year and later this bushing topic popped up, i checked by myself and I said "NO WAY" that im gonna deal. so i took it to shop and they said they can change all them for 2500 euro. i said i bought the car for 700 euro so thanks. later i sold it like that. lol
Nothing quite like a tight solid bush.
the bells , the bells , so quiet without them lol
You're a better man than me. Jobs like this I leave to my garage. By the way: do not use the original jack. Use a scissor or garage jack placed under the rubber block underneath the jacking point. Using the original jack will flex the tubes in which you insert the jack a little and over time will cause them to rust. This is usually the reason many of these Benzes have rotten jacking points.
Thanks 👍
Nice to see Rob and Chris's methods have reached Germany 🙂 That bush has been a bush too long!!
Haha! We watch every video at dinner time
Magic stuff m8! Hope you and your wee family are doin well! TCV, marty D 😁😁😁
Thanks!
I think I have a few bushes that need sorting. You have given me inspiration fella!
You should film it and put it on UA-cam, keen to see what working on a P2 is like 😀
Thank you from the USA! Great video. The reason these MB bushings need to be replaced after many miles is because they are wear items. They are meant to be replaced once they collapse or wear out. The rest of the car is very durable. Many other cars at this age are on the fast track to the junk yard. Replace the worn bushings on your Mercedes and it will, with good tires, literally drive and feel like new.
Nicely improvised :)
You're fortunate that the bolt wasn't seized to the center of the bush, it made the job much simpler. When I saw how crusty it was my first thought was uh oh, it is just going to be stuck and spin endlessly on the metal center of the bush.
Great point! Thanks 👍
This video acually pin pointed the squeak my rears been making. Thought it was control arms but now I realize it's the bushing in the knuckle. Highly appreciated
Ftr I have a 99 e320
Another solid job. Good find with the cheaper tool. Much easier than the people I’ve seen cut and hammer them out.
Yeah I saw a couple of videos on it and have no idea how they manage that 😅
Polish power 😊
I like your videos, I like both brands! I had a 91 740, and 99 c280!
Glad you like them!
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Useful video again, thank you for sharing all the pain with the merc 😂 I do enjoy your MB content just as much as your Volvo videos - I’m a huge fan of both marques. Now I feel a huge need to buy that tool 😮
Thanks, glad you enjoy it! Oh that reminds me I need to link to the tools in the description
Brilliant - thanks.
That went really well great thinking with the combination of socket and tool
Cheers!
Hi,thanks for the vid. For your information i have found Latvia a source for spare parts for older cars.. Ive even had to burn some of those rubber bushes to get them out of situ. Keep up the good work. later 👍
Thanks for the info! Yeah they can be a nightmare to get out 🥴
You could have used a 3/4" drive socket. When you started describing the job I was thinking in terms of sockets and a long bolt.
nice work - I've done this job myself, and those outer rear control arm bushings are a real son of a biscuit to get out once they've been in there oh, say 15 or 20 years. not sure if sedan is different from estate, but I only had to remove the bushing bolt itself and pull the hub/knuckle free of the control arm (didn't have to remove the shock & sway bar drop link bolts).
what makes this job tricky is that space on the forward side of the knuckle is tight, and most of the standard bearing/bushing screw-press tools won't fit in there and stay in line with the bolt. I ended up having to use my C-clamp-on-steroids type screw press with the smallest retaining cup to get it mostly free, then hammer it out the rest of the way. wish I'd had that tool you used!
Yeah you're right! I realised afterwards that the shock could stay bolted 🙄 And exactly, if it wasn't so tight on the other side it would give a lot more options
Another job off your tick list Sledge.
Well done my friend!
Thank you kindly!
I wonder if the 240 tool for rear trailing arms would work for this job
Good point 🤔
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hi, is there a chance to see volvo P2 chasis on your channel , do you consider getting one or is it to new ? Love your work, great inspiration for me, greetings from Poland
Possibly one day! It's just quite hard to find a good deal on one around here
The sophisticated suspension of the Benz is all fun and games, until it wears out. Similar to the multilink suspension on my Alfa 147 back in the day. Each year there was some bush or arm to be replaced 😭😉
That's very true mate 😅
Same as the Vectra b with those rose bushes
Just donit all while you are in there
well done, looks like a real pain
Cheers! Wasn't my favourite job 😄
No church bells throughout the whole video, what’s going on?? 😂
Wow! That gave me flashbacks to my rear trailing arm (Volvo 240) bushing replacement! I had the proper tool also but the bushes were so stuck I bent the drive rod! Fortunately we have a great source of hardware here in the US called McMaster-Carr who had 14mm threaded rod in a super hardened quality which I bought and moved on. Did you do the other side as well?
Nice, that's a job I haven't had to do yet on the Volvos, that's part of the reason why I just swapped the whole axle last time 😂 I havent done the other side yet
what are you thinking about w210 suspension solution? as this is different from what I can see from typical mcperson column?
What was the simptom?
I have a w210 avant-garde my problem with it is that it's not very smooth on bumpy roads even though I have changed everything in the front suspension.
My question is are the front springs stiffer in the avant-garde model or they the same with the classic and elegance model?
Have you changed the 2 rear accumulator spheres in the rear ? Those usually cause unpleasant ride on roads... Also check your fluid level for SLS system and change filter and suck old fluid out and add new.
😂😂😂sorry I didn't answer your question... Front springs are not stiffer for avant model but the w210 does have a defect in that the front springs break at low mileage even new and cause other problems like a rough ride, hard steering and low front end.
I had that same tool .it's not worth a sht I had to use smaller socket to get the bush out
Haha yeah 😂