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The passenger side front seat in my CLK stopped working today - Pushed the switch back and the seat moved forward - pushed the switch forward and nothing happened, it seems to raise and lower ok.... Its now stuck all the way forward!! I have read threads about the motor but it cant be the...

Hello My Dads E320Cdi estate 2003 W211 ?? needs front top and bottom ball joints on both sides. Whats a guide price for this job please as he's asked two specialist so far and the havn't rang him back? Thanks (I did try and PM some garage owners on the forum but they have toooooo...

Just a short translated [so forgive the English!:o] link with pics on how to manufacture your own front suspension arm ball joint press...

My indie says I need a new (front passenger side) ball joint as there is a bit of play in it and it's an MOT failure. He said the part is £149 plus it will take about an hour to change. Isn't £149 a lot just for a ball joint? Seems expensive to me. When I asked him about his he said it's all...

As per title chaps and chapesses I'm struggling to find the part number for this part. Can anyone help? :dk: Thanks

Evening all, could anyone point me at a splitter that will be suitable for the track rod ends on my w210? There's various types on fleabay and I've already tried the fork type one which has knackered the rubber seal. I guess the scissor type ones would be better but there seems to be a variation...

Came across the link to video on how to split a suspension ball joint. Not foolproof but there's a bit of explanatory text plus a short video. This is a good example of a picture/video that's worth a 1000 words.:thumb: Splitting an auto ball joint taper Go to step one to see the video.

Hi All I recently has a wheel alignment check and was advised to replace my nearside upper wishbone ball-joint (too much negative camber, inside of tyre goosed). A quick call to Mercedes and I cannot buy an upper ball joint, I have to buy the whole arm at £118 + VAT :eek: Does anyone...

Having just changed the front tyres on my car I noticed both were excessively worn at the outer edges. Recall a few posts about this type of wear being due to worn ball joints. Is this the case? My car goes in for an MOT next week and now has brand new front tyres but to avoid premature wear...

Hi everyone, I was looking back through a Mercedes invoice and found that my car needed new Ball joints at the front, steering rack gaitors and track rod ends replacing. This was 3yrs ago and I do not believe they have been changed as I do not have any paper work. Could the MB Specialist I...

Hi everyone, I was looking back through a Mercedes invoice and found that my car needed new Ball joints at the front, steering rack gaitors and track rod ends replacing. This was 3yrs ago and I do not believe they have been changed as I do not have any paper work. Could the MB Specialist I...

Looks as if the old bus will require a bit of steering gear work in the near future. :( This will necessarily involve some ball joint splitting. :doh: Techniques employed seem to vary from the " hit it on the side with a large hammer school" :eek: through pickle forks to dedicated scissors type...

Hi all, I've had an MOT advisory on both top ball joints worn. The problem I've got is that the local factors don't list top joints. Do I have to replace the whole top suspension arm? :wallbash:

Barely two months after replacing two wheels because I hit a kerb which also involved having the OSF track rod end and ball joint replaced and steering geometry realigned I get it back from the MOT today with an Advisory Notice from the testing centre that there is play in both NSF and OSF ball...

hi evryone just need some quick advice iv been told that the Front offside lower wishbone ball joint has too much play on my 97 w202 c180 and when turning anti clock wise is making a horrible sound. any advice on how much this is going 2 cost or is it a big job ? thanks

Just had the car MOT today, it passed but with advisories of nearside and offside front suspensions have slight play in lower suspension ball joints. Also nearside and offside front suspension lower dust covers missing/split. Do you think I should get them done before next MOT, I only do 5K...

I have noticed from reading the forums that some Mercedes suffer from lower ball joint problems [noisy/total failure]. Does anyone know if the a-class has similar concerns? Thanks, Chris

It was MOT day last Monday, it passed with an advisory that the flont right bottom ball joint had play in it.:crazy: Did a search here for some clues and there are some conflicting stories. So here's the question :confused: Is it an easy DIY job? Are the old ones press fitted? Can they be...

My CLK recently needed replacmenet lower ball joints for the MOT. However since then, when I turn the car (especially to the left) you always hear a squeaking sound. It's getting annoying now. The mechanic who did the work said it was the brakes. Thing is it never made the sounds before...

Hi Guys, I remember hearing somewhere that the ball joints on a E320 coupe are not replacable and that you have to change the whole wishbone. is this true? Thanks, Kully