2001 E320 CDI, How do i change bottom ball joints?

[shadowfax2k]

Hi guys, There is a clunking noise coming from my front suspension when i go over bumps, i have already changed the anti-roll bars bushes and drop links but its still there, i think its the bottom ball joints.

Is it easy to do DIY, are there any complications??

Cheers Guys !!

 

[MarkF]

Hi,

How easy of a job was it to replace the anti-roll bar bushes, I have been told by my indi that they are worn and was wondering if they will need to be done for the MOT in Nov.
The car is a ML270CDi

 

[beemerjay]

Is it easy to do DIY, are there any complications??

If you can get a local garage to give you a price because (pardon my french il est un "ache de ballon!!" if they are the same as the w201 series then they are a press fit in to the radius arm!

Tkey're a bollix to get out and a bollix to get back in again!!

 

[BlackC55]

Hi guys, There is a clunking noise coming from my front suspension when i go over bumps, i have already changed the anti-roll bars bushes and drop links but its still there, i think its the bottom ball joints.

Is it easy to do DIY, are there any complications??

Cheers Guys !!

A straight forward job. Just two nuts either side.

 

[shadowfax2k]

Hi,

How easy of a job was it to replace the anti-roll bar bushes, I have been told by my indi that they are worn and was wondering if they will need to be done for the MOT in Nov.
The car is a ML270CDi

Hi there, I had a mechanic do it, it said it wasn't really a major job to do, just have to jack up the complete front end of the car!

 

[shadowfax2k]

Conflicting opinons here!!! One person says its they are a bollox to get out and put back in again, another says its just a couple of nuts either side!! (

 

[Parrot of Doom]

I had them done on mine when I bought the car, the indy treated it as a fairly routine job, I couldn't tell you the price as there were a few things done.

 

[beemerjay]

Conflicting opinons here!!! One person says its they are a bollox to get out and put back in again, another says its just a couple of nuts either side!! (

Sorry BUt I posted if they were the same as the 190 W2-1 series because they are a press fitted balljoint into a cast arm and you have to press it out and back in INc removing lower front radius arm ( unless you cheat!) but that's enough of that!

 

[shadowfax2k]

Cheers guys, i will take it down the dealership, see what they quote !!

 

[wireman]

Shadowfax2K
I think the easy job is the anti roll bar bushes and the bolix of a job is the bottom ball joint.

 

[robs-mbz]

W210 ball joints are a doddle to change, no different than most other cars, just buy yourself a decent splitting tool and you won't have a problem.

 

[BlackC55]

Or a big hammer.....

 

[type49]

Bottom ball joints on 211 are pressed in/out. They have also been modified & should have been changed by MB during servicing. The mod ones have a "1" on the bottom of them. If they have an "S" or "0" on them, "think" MB will replace them free of charge, regardless of age

 

[shadowfax2k]

Took my car down a dealership, turned out be the top suspension arm balljoints, £400 job !!! ( nice and quiet now though !!