Good evening,

I'm working on an early W124. The lower control arm rear bushing is a 1-piece steel sleeve unit. Like all the MB proceedures-they have a special tool for this. The manual shows this bushing being in an R129, W201 etc..

Can I remove this with an airhammer? Any suggestions by the more experienced.


Michael

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Michael McGuire
83 300d
01 vw A4 TDI
66 Chevy Corsa
68 GMC V6 w/oD
86 300E

Do you mean the rear bushing of the FRONT-end control arm?

If so, it is not actually one piece. Just appears that way because of the aluminum sleeve that goes all the way through the center.

If whacking the edges of the metal face outward with a chisel does not work, the solution is to drill a hole through the metal face of one bushing, then put a punch through the hole, and knock the other bushing out from behind.

Works great.

The 'proper' bushing install tool is a 2inch steel pipe coupler with the first 1/4 inch of female thread ground down. Thread a steel plug into the other side of the coupler to give you something to whack on.

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1986 300E 5-Speed 240k mi.

I LIKE the 'special tool' you suggested. Things like that save lots of time and big $$$