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Originally Posted by bamba
I just rebuilt the front end on my w123. Not sure how similar the procedure is, but I removed the entire spindle and took it to a speciality suspension shop. They let me provide my own new Lemforder ball joints. $65 out the door for R&R. Not bad IMO.
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the 123 uses an inverse method of ball joint retention... and it's into cast iron.
the 124 has thin sheetmetal for a control arm, and it's difficult to align a press to hold things when changing ball joints...
but my shop charges 45/side to swap in ball joints on the 124 arms.
I am thinking about picking up a Ball joint kit to do this myself, as I've got about 8 sets of joints to change...