Mike Bryan is a most useful and knowledgeable guy, excellent video. Many Mercedes dealers prefer to renew the entire rear suspension arm rather than remove the bearing and Mike does it on the floor with home made kit. Thank you Mike
Joe O'Reilly hi there. Yeah gotta keep these repairs affordable. I cant afford big repair bills and dont trust anybody else to do a good enough job. Thanks for the kind words
Good video, can’t beat some improvisation. The process is similar on an e46. When I did mine i used a slide hammer to pull out the hub flange, then a bearing press kit (threaded bar with some large spacers/washers) to pull it through from the back. Took some effort to break the bearing carrier free because of all built up crap & rust over the years. Top vid 👍🏻
Well done, well made video & tools,, very informative, I got stuck with one for the first time yesterday for a customer on his drive,& vans are not my game, but seeing all the gear & effort you went to I'll pass on it,
Hello every one Who has done this you should just think simplier we put similiar plate To between the bearining and the frame of the swing arm and use same type as the wheel Bolt but longer and use mercedes own treadh To pull the center piece out work good as drugs. 👍
You need to give up mechanics and go to college and learn tool making. Your ability to work out solutions to a problem and produce working tools is fantastic.
436wellington Thankyou, its a great way of spending time making things but no money in it beyond hobby level. Its just a copy of the principle that high level wheel bearing kits use. They're very expensive though.
Hi there, yes every winter, but i think it is a trait of mercedes that they have a superficial rusting but bolts are still in good condition once removed. I think the van has been poorly serviced too
I can’t say exactly in this case. However as long as the plate is large enough to accommodate the wheel stud PCD it will be fine. In this case the model is 5x112. Id go for 125mm to give plenty of area for the method to work. Use some cardboard to make a template up first. Also 8mm plate isn’t essential, 4or 5 would work equally as well i suppose.
