About to tackle the Rear Arms W124 DIY?
 

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.

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.

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.

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

Look here
 

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/mercedes-parts-reference-library/309420-suspension-kit-rear-multi-link.html



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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.......

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.