cooleoboy1000 is probably a spammer. 4/5 of his posts are advertising that site.

What are you talking about? who is cooloboy1000? don`t see him
anywhere in this thread.

Charlie :confused:

He strikes quickly and vanishes without a trace.

Since Tango Fox's remark may not clue you in, you missed him. He was a new member, emphasis on was, and Forced's analysis of his posts was actually kind.

He did post his link to bearing threads, yes, but most of them were drug up from the basement of years ago.

When spammers are removed from forums, their messages tend to go with them. In this case, that's what happened.

Chuck,

I just picked up my dial gauge from Harbor Freight. To check for bearing axial play on a 123, should I applying the gauge on the face of the hub close to the outer edge to measure? It seems to me the location of measurement effects results when testing for axial play. I have attached a photo from the DIY article on changing rear wheel bearings and it appears that the hub was put on without the rotor (??) so that the gauge could be mounted to the dust guard. Wouldn't you have to take the hub off again and attach it to the rotor (and reset the bearing tightness)? There's something I'm missing here.



-Jeb

Rather odd, I did mine as per this link, although its for a w210, the same should apply to our w123's


http://www.benzworld.org/forums/attachments/w210-e-class/140909d1189010683-photo-diy-wheel-bearing-free-play-4.jpg

Thank You for the info on COOLOBOY1000.

Charlie

I know it's way up toward the beginning of the thread, but someone mentioned using Scotch-Brite pads to deburr the spindles.... If you go this route, make sure to clean the spindle afterward! The pads leave small, sharp particles behind, which the bearings don't appreciate very much!