With 207,000 miles, its time for new front wheel bearings on Granny’s Mercedes E320. Its an easy fix you can do. Just don’t be like Monkey Wrench Mike and forget something very important!
Great job MIKE! I love the fact that you made a mistake, admitted it, identified it, and corrected it. It proves that you are as human as the rest of us! I’m loving the progression of this car “refreshing”!
i dont mean to be so off topic but does any of you know a method to get back into an Instagram account?? I was stupid forgot the login password. I would appreciate any tips you can give me!
I use a 2x4 across the top to drive in the seal. I noticed you forgot the seals. Love the spindle nut that Mercedes uses. I wish that was the standard for everyone.
At least Mike did not lose his bearings! He mighta gotten lost on his way back to the store if he had! A fleet update from the secret Monkey Wrench Mike News Studio?
I was waiting for you to install the wheel seal, then you started wrapping it up, I thought, maybe he forgot it or he edited that part out. The 'total mayhem' face made me laugh, that look when you did your accounting of costs and realized your mistake...hahaha. Thank you!
We all have those "goober" moments. Ours aren't recorded. No worries. If you never made a mistake, I'd think you were trying to hide something. Keep up the good work.
Great video, I love how most of the others I’ve seen has people using magnetic gauges to dial in that preload and you’re just like “I like how that turns “ 😂😂. I wonder about the way you did it as it’s very similar to the preload setting method on my coilivers where you turn by hand to tighten then tighten about an 1/8” more. Did a Mercedes tech recommend this?
First time I replaced a bearing, and bearing only.. Did not have a clue about replacing the rest.. I think I used less than 1% of the grease you did....LOL But the car ran and drove anyway.
I'd recommend replacing all of the wheel lugs with the stubby replacements. After you have to destroy a wheel to get it off the car because one of those long ones broke in half, you'll see what I mean. 😁
Mike, as always it is interesting to watch and it is important that yiu are honest :) Do you sell your fixed cars? It would be interesting to estimate profit or loss like Randy from AAR does.
Rubber gloves and plenty of lube ? Something for the weekend Sir 🤗 perhaps you should SEAL it with a kiss 😁😅. What's all this F-N Mike I was kin shocked, I don't know..... Kin-ell I thought this was a family channel, I can see it all now little Johnny saying to his mummy Can we go to the F-N store today Mummy 😲😲😲 it's Kin gone to pot. As always Mike great work. Gary..... England 🇬🇧
mike to pack your barrings put grease in palm of hand turn the barring so the big side is facing the grease then pull it through the grease till it comes out of the little end of the barring then you know all the rollers are coated nice easy to follow vid for those who have not done a job like that 39 years in the trade i have done 1 or 2 lol keep grandma happy
Mike, another great video! But... You seemed to "ice" the bearings like a cake, not "pack" them. This is not a hate comment, been watching your videos for... more than a year now? Since you first appeared on Randy's channel. Anyways, just so you don't wreck a brand new set of bearings, here is how you pack bearings by hand (the way I have always done it, no packer!), skip into 8:30 in the video, there is an "art" to packing bearings properly and DeBoss knows how it's done: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AaO_BF0MSSU.html Cheers
Hi Mike I have a good question for you I see you are the best in Mercedes Benz in your line of work I just have a good question for you I found a 1952 Mercedes Benz 300 for sale with 12401km/or 7706 miles on it the car looks in great shape all most museum like condition the car is located in Spain when I get bored I go rare car hunting I do also find Motorcycles and boats as well the cost of that benz is $61,849 is a car like that worth buying
Monkey Wrench Mike that fine I was giving you a heads up if you collected Mercedes Benz I can hunt them down for you the nother one I had found was from 1935 Mercedes-Benz it was also in new condition
Okay Mike, Here's my ultimate brain fart. I replaced a head gasket on a 83 BMW 318i, put it all back together only to realize I left a rag in one of the cylinders...mind blown...lesson learned..car fixed, love your cars/videos and I'm about to do the driveshaft on a 00 Mercedes C230. Appreciate Ya!
Nice work! Do you need to do the RF now too? Probably same age? I've seen expansion joints in bridges move 1' in very cold weather. You're right about metal shrinking. I like your fleet videos a lot. Go Mike!
Another nice job, Mike! Definitely a win! If I had to count the number of times I had to do a disassembly after forgetting something, I'd have to take off both my shoes in order to count that high. Love the vids! :)
Don't worry Mike, you're definitely not the first person to forget to put the hub seal in, I know professionals that have done that, and you certainly won't be the last to do it...
I was with you until you covered the bearing in grease as it not packed correctly and will fail again . You need to place a small bit in the palm of your hand and press it firmly into the palm until the grease fill the gaps around and in the roller bearings . The spindle should be coated and both races as well . You can also use a ballpean hammer instead of the MC Hammer you got there 😂 Great video Mike 👍
Eric O. deftly demonstrates this in the first couple of minutes here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BXMLDwWbolc.html (also he does not forget the seal 😛 )
