how much of a job to change this

[OneForTheRoad]

easy or anything ill run into trouble over ?

1 Front Axle Suspension Arm bottom left Mercedes W211 S211 | eBay


going with lemforder but is febi ok as this comes with all new bolts .

thanks .

 

[MancMike]

Just make sure you've got a big hammer. If that doesn't work, get a bigger one.

 

[OneForTheRoad]

so just the balljoint end to whack off , the rest easy enough ???

 

[Terry_]

You will probably struggle to remove the ball joint taper without a splitter/ or damaging the boot.
The ball joint is pressed into the hub on the end of that arm.
I wouldn't fit the fe I arm personally, as the rose joint in the middle of the arm has given me problems in years gone by

 

[John]

I'm pretty sure mine had these done at the turn of the year - it was a pig of a job getting the old ones off from what I could see!

 

[Reamer]

If you have the right tools it's very straight forward. However get your alignment checked afterwards. You will need a 21mm socket IIRC

Use Lemforda or MB. I have managed to get MB to discount parts down to trade by quoting ECP prices.

 

[OneForTheRoad]

I priced the arm at mb sunderland today a whopping £180 . went to ecp for lemforder arm £ 78 . bought myself a ball joint splitter and will be getting stuck into this in the morning .

I'm fairly certain just a new middle ball joint would fix a lot of the issues with this arm £15 lemforder .

 

[Reamer]

You will be surprised at the difference a complete arm with new bush will make. Don't forget to tighten the bush nut when the car suspension is under normal load.

To do this I chocked under the wheel hub and lowered the car to place the suspension under normal load once all nuts and bolts in place and hand tight; then tightened to spec torque. If you have a full car lift you won't need this but I just have my drive.

 

[OneForTheRoad]

i was lying on my back reamer .... AGAIN !!! , all done just gotta do a road test now. money saved on labour paid for the parts .

 

[Reamer]

Well done matey. Did you do both sides? Being on your back this time of year under any car is no fun. That said I had an army of ants taking too much interest in me back end of summer. That hurt!!

 

[OneForTheRoad]

no just the near side as that's where the knocking was coming from , the middle ball joint was totally goosed , I ve got car booked in for the n/s hub ball joint , then ill think about doing the o/s arm , the car is silent now over bumps .