W124 rear wheel bearing

[Frank O' Phile]

Noticed a slight whine\drone from the rear and decided to get a new bearing and fit it today.

I am on afternoons this week and had plenty of time this morning to get it done. With the hub removed I nipped to the local friendly garage to get the old pressed out and the new pressed in. Only to find that the bearing (while the OD was correct) was too narrow and too smal on the ID.

I returned the part to GSF (full refund of 17 quid) and unable to get the right part I went to MB and asked there. 'None in stock but I can order you one for 102 pounds sterling )

I had to try 3 other places before finding one even though it wasnt the one listed for my car, it did match the sizes of my old bearing and is intended for use in a Merc. Price £72.

Work was cancelled (thanks to my understanding boss) and I was faced with this..




4 o'clock in the afternoon and a ferry to catch tomorrow noon.

Well i'm so pleased to say that it is all back together again, with the help of this web page,

http://www.mercedesshop.com/Wikka/W124RearWheelBearing

and a test drive revealed nothing untoward, so the holiday is back on :bannana::bannana::bannana::bannana:


I'll be back in the new year when I try to find out what bearing I have in my car.

 

[Sp!ke]

I always get bearings from dedicated bearing suppliers.

Much cheaper and 99% of the time in stock.

washing machine bearings are apparently the very best money can buy.

 

[SilverSaloon]

sounds good and the same job that cost me £450 earlier in the year.....

 

[Sp!ke]

Just think of all the nice tools you could have bought for £450

 

[mejermy]

W124 Est rear wheel bearing

Hi FrankOPhile

Reply to rather an old post.

I'm faced with the same problem on a E250d auto est, LHD ex taxi, UK reg bought to take to France. I need to sort the prob for the MOT, as the wobble is quite noticeable. Would you pl give me the bearing spec/S/N.

Were you able to source the bearing housing/axle bolt tool? I understand the bolt is torqued to Herculea levels? How did you overcome the legendary difficluty of removing and repressing the bearing? If you're Derbyshire I may not be far away (A57 near Bamford) by the way.

Any info/advice greatly appreciated.

 

[bolide]

sounds good and the same job that cost me £450 earlier in the year.....

Replacing estate car rear wheel bearings is one of the hardest jobs on the car. The two I have had done - both on my own cars - have cost me £450 each as well

It'll be an SKF bearing in the kit. If you could measure a new one you could find the equivalent from a bearing supplier

Nick Froome
the independent Mercedes Estate specialists

 

[mejermy]

Solution

Late post, but may be of interest. The easy way out seems to be to buy from a wrecker the whole bearing carrier/back hub. I bought a left and a right (only right needed) from Dronsfields for £25 ish each plus carriage. I ducked the job as I was abroad for some time and left it with my local MB approved workshop (not sales outlet/concesionaire) who did me a deal and a good job.

 

[NOMONEYBUTAMERC]

If you go to a bearing distributor , be sure that they are Authorised distributors for a major manufacturer , ie , SKF , FAG,TIMKEN, etc. A non-authorised distributor in the U.K. was raided recently and found to have a shipment of 1 1/2 tons of counterfeit SKF bearings. These could prove particularly disastrous if used as wheel bearings.When ordering bearings always ask if they are the same brand as used by the manufacturer of the vehicle. Many companies sell" cheap " bearings , which is usually exactly what they are.