I bought the Meyle arm kit for the rear of my 300E. I am going to be replacing everything tomorrow evening.

Anything I should watch out for?

What is the "correct" order for R&R'ing the links?

I do have the Klann style spring compressor on hand.

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No need for the compressor...just support under ball joint.

Some are a little tricky to reach.

Make sure to get the top arm the correct way up otherwise it will hit the sway bar.

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I did this on my 190E a few years ago. Some of the inner bolts can be a pain to access. Especially with the tools that I had. I ended up installing adjustable camber arms and using some stainless steel bolts and nuts. Normal hexheads not the triple square stuff.

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Where did you get the meyle kit? Is it all of the links for the rear suspension?

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Yes. The Meyle kit includes absolutely everything. I didn't care for the triple squarebolts everywhere, but luckily I had the tool. Rear lower control arm and subframe bushings are separate jobs for the rear.

I just finished the rear arm job this afternoon. The first side took me nearly 6hrs, but I was tired. The other side only took 3hrs, including pressing in 4 eccentric camber bushings on each side.

Nothing really tricky, just lots of tight spaces as mentioned.

Drives like new! Front control arms are next.......

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Any special tools? Tips,tricks??

Support the bottom of the rear control arm after you've jacked it up. Loosen all the bolts/nuts first. Then start removing and replacing one arm at a time, it should be obvious the logical order to R&R. Be careful to pay attention to which way the arms are orientated before removal because it can get confusing, I took pictures.

Watch out for stripping bolts and nuts, the spaces are so tight you are screwed if you do. If I did it again I would spray everything with PB blaster the night before.

You will need a good 3/8" 6PT 19mm socket. You won't have the room to use anything 1/2" unfortunately. A good assortment of 17/19mm box wrenches. Definitely will need a good set of triple square bits. Be sure to tighten all the bolts with the car suspension loaded, I used ramps, but also had the alignment place double check the torque on everything when they had it on the lift. It's a pretty straightforward job.

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