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Originally Posted by tangofox007
Enough to know that it is not necessary to remove the lower control arm to replace the lower ball joint on a W123. Sorry that you are confused. All that is necessary is to separate the ball joint stud from the LCA. The LCA can remain in place.
The MB Chassis Service Manual is in agreement with this position, stating the it is only necessary to remove the steering knuckle.
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My mistake. Please accept my apologies; you're absolutely right, the
steering knuckle must be removed in order to replace the ball joint.
I honestly don't know what I was thinking of since I just completed (2 weeks ago) a full rebuild (all the above mentioned components) of the front of my SDL and the 126 is practically a carbon copy of the 123 components. And, I don't have any left over parts - steering knuckles or LCAs either.
