Hi,

the bands that go on the CV joint boots, you will have to describe them. There are two types that I am familiar with. When I bought mine from mercedes, they were the ones that you pinch together. However you can buy ones that you pull them tight. They each take a different tool. The pinch tool you can buy from SNAPON. That is where I got mine. Most autoparts stores have them or rent them. They are called CV joint clamp pliers.

I looked up the specs for the colar nut (double hexagon nut), according to the W124 service manual library available from mercedes, it says 200-240 Nm. I would Say 240 is good.

You should get a W201 CD if you can, they are really helpful.

I am actually about to put in new rear bearings on my brothers 300E, but I havent attempted it yet. We have the whole subframe torn apart. I can send you pictures of my CV joint pliers if you want.

I replaced my half shafts on my 83 300CD because all the boots were broken and it was cheaper to buy new half shafts from napa, but unfortunately, NAPA didnt do a good job with the cv clamps so I had to get mercedes ones and the tool and I redid them. I would insist on buying mercedes parts for your CV joints: clamps, grease, and the boots. I will warn you, it is quite a job to work on the CV joints and the half axles, it usually takes two people. Id only replace them if they were broken like mine.

I dont think that you should apply grease between the bearing and the carrier. Metal to metal is what you want for that. From my mercedes CD, it looks like there are a lot of specialty tools required, so maybe it would be better to have a dealer or house do it for you. I am actually thinking about having someone do them for me. The cd manual says to put some grease on the collar nut, then tighten it and lock it into place. Thats the only part in the intructions where I saw apply grease for the wheel bearing installation.

If you need more help, I can look stuff up on the CD.

Thanks,

Austin