W210 steering gaitor replacement

[AANDYY]

I did mine yesterday.
Firstly thanks to Dieselman for his informative post -
http://www.mbclub.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=52274&highlight=w210+gaitor.
I used this as a bases for my job.

He mentions at the end of his post - By having the wheels dangling it may be possible to do this job from above by turning the wheels so the column bolt is up wards instead of downwards but only if the gaiter can be retrieved and installed with the heatshield in place.

This got me a thinking, so I thought I'd try to do it with the car on all 4 wheels and bingo I did it, all be it a bit fiddly, I just had to bend the heat sheild out of the way, thin metal.

I will post a how to later on, with pictures.

Basically I followed Dieselmans advice, the changes I made was not to remove the heatsheild just bend it, also didn't jack up the car.

Good times

 

[AANDYY]

As promised here's pics and how I did it.
Firstly bend the bend the heat sheild away and remove bolt, then part the connection.

 

[AANDYY]

Remove facia under steering column - tricky, fiddly.
Pull off damaged gaiter.
2nd pic - this piece you have to pull, feels like it's going to break but perceiver.

 

[AANDYY]

Seat the new gator - fiddly again, I couldn't really feel that it was seated, just did my best.
You need to remove the bonnet pull from the under steering column facia.
I couldn't pull the carpet back fully, so just pulled it back a wee bit and fudged the gaitor in place.

 

[Rusk]

Can you point me in the direction of the part number for (or a link to) this part?

I seem to have bought the wrong thing.

 

[Rusk]

Can you point me in the direction of the part number for (or a link to) this part?

I seem to have bought the wrong thing.

Anyone?

Where can I buy the gaiter?

 

[proser]

Best place - dealers - they will be able to supply the right one for your vehicle.