Meet Silvia the s211 e55 7 seater

[pmcgsmurf]

Motorparts is our business Pat so aware of the above, Tbh i've not seen a pluse ring like the one on the 55, all the ones ive seen have been toothed.

The pulse ring is a metal ring with a sort of rubber/plastic outer, the outer tends to get worn or rotten away and i guess this is where the magic lays.

 

[Major774]

I got PCS to replace my inner boot, using a universal boot.

The 1st boot failed after few months, the 2nd boot is still on.

 

[merc85]

Something missing? lol

 

[pmcgsmurf]

That looks familiar....

 

[merc85]

Just to add,

If helps anyone the diameter of the Cv Joint is 64mm Ext, and 32mm ext on the shaft.

The Mercedes Boot has arrived at Waterhouse so fingers crossed i can fit a OE one

 

[merc85]

Small update, The Joint has tobe separated and i didn't realise there in too halves doh!!
The shaft is held in with a snap ring i believe but to get to it you have to take the back of the CV if you like , apart to access it.

Someone with more mechanical knowledge is having a look, i didnt realise i may need the back half of the joint.

 

[AMGeed]

Hope the rest of this job goes without any more hitches Gav.
Bet you won't want to do the other side in a rush

 

[merc85]

Hope the rest of this job goes without any more hitches Gav.
Bet you won't want to do the other side in a rush

LOL got have abit of drama with my cars, Makes a interesting read if nothing else pmsl.

Just hope i dont have to replace the whole thing with a new one

 

[AMGeed]

I know a great motor parts supplier who can probably get one.

Oh...hang on

 

[Major774]

Honestly... just go with the universal boot.

I too wanted to go OEM but the only route was a brand new shaft, which is quite crazy for just a small crack in the original boot.

I even sourced and found the part number for the inner boot, and bought the boot kit from MB.

 

[merc85]

Well we have a Update,

Non of the Universal boots i was happy with, And seeing as i had the Oe number of the boot and i could get one, i went down this route.

Again Massive thankyou go's out to Mercedes Benz Waterhouse Chelmsford who fitted the boot to the Shaft, Its not a 5 min job as the Cv joint as tobe marked and disassembled, Boot slid on and Re assembled aligning all the marks failure to do so may cause the shaft to go out of balance.

The Joint is abit of a silly desing in my opinion its made in two halves, with the Back housing crimped into place.

You have to break the seal and uncrimp it again making sure its resealed.

Anyway here's a few pic's

Old unit finally out

These are not Circliped or knock off joints. Doh.

For the reassemble i bought 1x New Hub nut, 2x new Caliper Bolts along obviously with the new boot grease and ties.

Shaft now in place ready tobe fitted into the hub, The Shaft went back into the diff no problem, id wire brushed up the other end so it also slid back into the hub nicely. Oh And Yes Pat Mb fitted a New Abs pick up ring to

I Torqued the Centre Hub nut upto Manufacturer's spec thanks again Pat and marked it with some paint just so i can keep i eye on it, then knocked a couple of tabs to secure it.

The car is all built back up, And drives 100%, id actually forgot how smooth and powerful it was after what seems weeks of driving the Wifes Honda

Hopefully that will be last time i have to touch it again for some times, Suffering with manflu and i don't really enjoy tinkering much these days, Just cant believe how thin on the ground Decent mechanic's are, most are just fitters these days and only want simple jobs todo.

Mercedes Benz Waterhouse Chelmsford are superb its well worth knowing a good specialist when running these old cars.

 

[pmcgsmurf]

Nice to see it all back together.

Good call on the ABS ring, for little more than £10 its well worth doing.

 

[merc85]

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• merc85
• Oct 5, 2019

New pic uploaded from my phone lol hopefully you guys can see it if I’ve done it correctly?? 17 mile drive to make sure all is well and it would seem so

 

[pmcgsmurf]

Looks good.

 

[merc85]

Cheers Pat, 1st time uploading a image from my phone lol

 

[AMGeed]

Looking good Gav. Now to enjoy it!

 

[merc85]

Cheers Roger finally got the old girl where she should be. Can’t be that many standard ones about these days.

 

[merc85]

Sun's out, so is the car lol

 

[merc85]

So i had a smell of Fuel Vapour on a trip to London after the car had been more or less on tick over for about a hour in London traffic, This didn't enter the car but was exterior smell to the vehicle and with engine running.

100% no Leaks of fuel anywhere and only ever noticeable when the MPG is low in stop start traffic, im talking 7mpg on the cluster.

No faults on dash no CEL either, the smell was also more from the OSR by the filler cap, so i had this replaced which made no difference tbh i didnt think it would.

It had been bugging me for a while so i had the EVAP system smoke tested, This showed the Charcoal Canister in the rear wheel arch wasn't absorbing the emissions.

Above is the canister , which turns out was full and leaking charcoal!

New unit Avalible Genuine at £72 aftermarket German manufacturer at around £30.

Mercedes dont fix any clips onto those pipes of which there are two, So upon fitting the new unit i put 2 fuel pipe clips there tobe sure.

Now the Garage i spoke too said the above Canisters are serviceable items and on Honda's they get replaced at around 60k, I wonder how many Merc ones get done? anyway the e55 is now back together and running sweet the exhaust does smell different but i may be imagining it, i wont really know for sure if its 100% until the next trip to Great Ormond Street as its only ever done it in London, it could even just have been Raw fuel in the exhaust i was smelling at 7mpg , but that above canister was knackered for sure hence all the carbon falling out lol.

 

[pmcgsmurf]

Nice, I cleaned mine before going back on, wish I'd known, for £30 I'd have put a new one in and saved an hour with a little brush.