2014 MERCEDES S550 CV Axle Shaft Replacement 

More than the actual job, I am extremely impressed that you had the whole family involved - especially your son!. He stayed with you and helped throughout the entire job AND he appeared to be genuinely interested and engaged. Cherish that. It goes by way too fast.

Get yourself a Milwaukee mid torque 1/2in drive impact, you'll thank me every time you use it.

MYTH BUSTED! Great experience. I've done other cv axles but the price tag made me question whether i had the know how. I figured for that price there had to be something different than the usual axle replacement! NOPE! Ya'll got this guys! keep on keeping on.

Keep up the great job brother. Respect anyone that does their own repairs 👍👍 💯

Your camera person is AWESOME!!! Thanks for the INFORMATIVE video sir

That’s beautiful you got everyone involved. I have a 2013 4MATIC with the same issue and the dealership want arm-in-a-leg to fix it. Your video will help a lot!!!🙏🏿🙏🏿

Warning: 6:20 the upper arm sometimes bears a lot of pressure and hits up hardly when you loose the nut, please pay attention to your fingers/hands when unwinding it! And thanks for sharing this awesome experience! ✊

Very good video! Thank you for making it.

Thank you for sharing my brother! Knowledge is priceless

the best video ever about cv axle

Whenever possible I put the bolts back into the holes they came out of that way I dont have to label and I cant lose them. Also, You dont need to remove the lower ball joint on the spindle. Just the upper, like you did, and the sway bar link. The spindle will swing out of the way more than enough.And you are right, a crow bar, or just a large screw driver can be used to EASILY pop out the axle.When doing this, that "POP" is the most beautiful sound you can hear at that particular time.I think MB says to have the C clip on the end either facing up or down to pop it in easily.

I mean iv got 2010 but still I appreciate you making videos to help people out

You guys make a great team.

Great breakdown! Loved the intro! Keep up the awesome work! Obligatory Liked and Sub’d! 👍👩‍🔧👨‍🔧

Thanks for this video. Great job.

Great video bro I’m about to do the same on my GLE w166

I have a 2012 s550 4matic. Busted front CV boot at wheel hub and according to the mechanic, a bad wheel bearing. Good to see some of these comments about aftermarket axles not fitting... I want to purchase the parts vs. having the mechanic upcharge me on parts so I'll definitely look into repair OEM axle. Just A note... I've found if you take the time to compress the brake caliper before removing with flat head screw driver carefully using the rotor for leverage, it makes reinstalling caliber assembly much easier.

Next time if you break both axle nuts before you jack the car up it's way easier. Then bring the front wheels off the ground. Rest on jack stands and take off both wheels. Use the free jack to jack up\down the hub assembly to align everything. Thus making removal and replacement much faster as well painful and fatigued. You can free your ball joints by using the socket on the nut while still threaded. I like to thread my axel a few threads as soon as I get it into the hub. This helps realignment of ball joints easier\faster. With the jack still there work it to align the link bar into the assembly. Another tip is use a C-clamp and the back of a brake pad to reset the caliper pistons. Make sure to check for leaks while doing this. FYI that last plug leading to the brake pads is the wear sensor and don't break it 😞. Hope this helps with the next adventure 🙂.

Hey brother you inspired me so I tried it myself. I have a 2014 CLS 550 and just change the entire drive train excluding the trannie. The center U joint was busted but the car had 100K miles, so while I was under there I said, what the hell. The total parts cost was $1,100.00. The dealer wanted $4,300.00. Grant it, it took 8.5 hrs but I'm over $3,000.00 happier. Make more clips, thanks!!

I need these parts right now for my S550

I got a 09 c300 4matic. Both front axel have play. I need to replace them. But dont know spline count. Can i drive the car without the front axels and just make it a rwd?

You are awesome!

Love it brother awesome just awesome appreciate it

. GREAT VIDEO BUDDY REALLY GOOD JOB, THANK YOU VERY MUCH / / / / / / / /

You teaching your kids to know that they are be good at their lives and can work on their own car

Appreciate you bro! This is the only vid I could find for the S550, I'm in the coupe about to change my front left... I know you said you weren't home sheesh, how long did those axles take from China?!

I just fixed my front driveshaft on 14 cls550 . Not easy but lord def worth it . Stealership quotes are nuts

if you have the original axles, the part # is on them. It can easely be seen when you turn the wheels all the way to one side

Crazy!!!!!! How much we ended up saving!!!!

Really impressive that you did this without your tools, and at night. What symptoms was your S550 having that made you need to replace the CV axle?

Damn the paint is hurting on that ride

You have to be VERY careful with the S class axles. Most aftermarket axles DO NOT fit. The only problem I found is the inner ring that locks the axle. I tried 3 different brands that said fit. They did not. No way to push it in. I found a GREAT axle shop near me that repairs axles for next to nothing WHILE I waited!!!!! So I was able to put the original axle in and it went in SOOOO easily. VERY simple job. Biggest thing is the axle bolt that needs to be replaced and torqued super hard. Now I can do a front axle in less than 2 hours possibly just over an hour. Removing the axle, just use a long heavy screw driver to pry it out. Look under there is room to fit the screw driver in and it pops out. Oh, I found if you just disconnect the upper control arm and the sway bar link you can pull the spindle away enough to get the axle out. You save at least an hour.

You have an S550?!?! I was looking for either that or an AMG. Very nice

I mean I believe you only had to drop down the shock absorber to steering knuckle connection

But definitely loosen up those joints and see how long they last after that

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How you take out the passenger side cv axel?

@vincentwhite775 1 second ago Looks doable. Also looks like a workout. You had some great helpers! Have you done rear cv axles?

Got quoted $5600 CAD for both front cv axles. Found them on eBay for 460 for a pair lol.

Same here 2000 USD

Can you direct us to where you bought the axles please ? I need them both 😭

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Why don't you take every join apart on the whole front end of the car

Kids better than my coop student from highshcool lol

You have to be VERY careful with these aftermarket axles. I found Most dont actually fit even if they say they do. I needed a new front axle, got an aftermarket and it would not "connect" into the transmission. I tried 3 different ones and NONE fit. The ring would not snap and one actually started to destroy the new splines on the axle. I got lucky and found an AXLE guy near me who rebuilds them and he took my OEM Mercedes axle and repaired it for $50. I WILL NEVER get an aftermarket axle again. I would get a used OEM axle from Ebay and bring it to this guy to re boot it and repair anything it needs for less than $100.

What was that u used

goodshit

Gonna. Mess up the thread with that hammer wit the bolt not tight

That upper ball joint did not look good and the sway bar link was trashed. Do NOT put off the upper ball joint

Every now and then I watch these DIY video tutorial made by DIY mechanics... I’m sorry bro but as a ASE certified mechanic I cringed watching you perform this part exchange... But you made good with what you had... No preload on any of those components before torquing bolts... Also certain jobs it’s necessary to have the correct tools, so as not to re-invent and duplicate what had you replace the component in the first place. But hey good luck, good job.

The only thing bad with Mercedes are the gouging dealers