Mercedes W124 Ball Joint Replacement 

I always enjoy hearing from far away and hearing that I helped someone. Thank you for the feedback.

Thank you for your kind words and I'm so glad to hear that you were able to get it done.

Either a muffler shop or a welding shop should be able to help you out. Glad you found the video helpful and thank you for the feedback.

Thanks, appreciate the feedback. Don’t put it off too long, they can break without warning.

Thanks!(-:

Hmm… Seemed necessary to me to get the knuckle out of the way, you don’t want to be flexing the strut mounts that far.

@@CarswithNash Fair enough. I did try to keep the strut as vertical the whole time when I did mine. Side note: after watching yours today, I also found another where the guy didn't even use any press tools. Just a massive hammer, a jack stand , wrench, impact gun and a hydraulic lift of some kind. I'm not a big fan of the pounding he gave the various suspension parts, but it was s virtuoso performance. ("W124 W210 Traggekenk...something something"...like a 4 minute video)

@@FlashDriveFilms Yeah I definitely try to leave beating on things to a last resort. The press tool was pretty affordable and with how rusted in mine were I don’t think any amount of hammering would’ve got them out.

Thanks! I appreciate that and a happy Thanksgiving to you and your family as well!🇨🇦

Thanks. I appreciate the feedback.

Thanks! If you’re referring to the ball joint press kit, I bought that from the Canadian Amazon, so any link I send you would be useless to you if you’re in the US. But it’s a pretty typical kit that’s available on the US Amazon, lots of different sellers and different coloured cases, etc. but basically the same kit all made in China, perfectly fine for a home hobbyist who won’t use it that many times.

Thanks I appreciate that and appreciate your feedback. Yup my mom daily drives her Dream Cruiser, she’s tried a few other vehicles but always goes back to it (she had a Kia Soul and a Dodge Caravan briefly). I daily drive this Benz now and love it.

That's a Ford factory jack from a 80s Econoline van, I think the trucks used them too. I cut the hand crank handle off and just run the end of it in my drill.

I like to show the proper way to do things, sounds like you enjoy doing things the improper way.

At some point you do have to put pressure on it with a jack, but don't worry, there is no chance of the spring coming out, the control arm will stop against the frame of the car before that happens.

Quick follow up- I ended up replacing both control arms completely and posted a video to my channel. The tip you had about loosening the rotor was key. I made sure to give you a shout out in the video!

@bsclifton Thank you so much. I will have to check that out.