Helped me immensely - W169 with wobbly bearings - but.....CV joint axle fused into hub through the steering knuckle. Hub puller would not shift it on the car. Your video showed me how I could extract the whole hub/knuckle/CV joint assembly and take it to the local garage. Even they couldn't get it separated so wreckers for hub/knuckle and new CV joint kit has me sorted. Love the Zip Tie for the circlip compression - a real mechanics "how to" made it much easier.
Brilliant video. No bits cut. Very clear. No annoying music. Good man. My joint is knackered. Tempted to just put in whole new axle. Would that be easier? But you’ve made this joint replacement look pretty easy so maybe I’ll just do that.
Also... aren't those clamps the worst? Is that really all the tension it needs? I've put it as tight as possible but surely a clamp with a screw clasp will hold better?
thank you very much, job done in less than 2h :p just, to unscrew the axle nut i used a screwdriver placed through the brake caliper and between the two disk plates to avoid stress on the gearbox and engine
or use the screwdriver to pry the dent in the nut outward. So less resistance to remove. you can use it max 2 times as every time you need to put a dent in it.
Awesome video, great information, thank you for not having annoying music in background. Question do you need to split ball joint or just undo 3 bolts on control arm. Thank you.
You break the ball joint at the beginning instead of the 3 bolts. But at the end we can see you removed the 3 bolts after all? I tried popping the ball joint but it is too difficult to fit back on the hub without also removing the 3 bults.
@@roborich1 No, I've done this before, if you don't use the zip tie then the spring clip gets pushed past the groove and binds up, gets damaged on the splines instead of compressing and allowing the CV joint to go over it. You have to zip tie the spring clip closed, then use the CV joint to push the zip tie off as it slides over the spring clip. The zip tie is a life saver, I almost had a nightmare of a day until my cousin looked on TH-cam and found the zip tie trick.
I have w169 A180 CDI Automatic transmission. I have to change complete Drive shaft front right. Do you know, should I drain the transmission oil first to put the drive shaft out? Thanks
Hi, I have A170 W169 2006, and since 15000 kms ago I started hearing clunk noise when driving over speed bumps (despite of speed). In the beginning it was only in the moment when I am getting off the bump but now it appears immediately when tyre hit the bump. One mechanic said front shock absorber is rusty and it comes frome there. The other one was not sure. I don’t want to invest hell of money and not being sure for the reason. It is somehow metal noise coming from the front. I can also hear it sometimes when steering at low speeds and very rare when braking. These two started appearing recently. It has 215000km and shock absorbers were never replaced Thank you
Hello, my concern is that after changing the bellows and gasket I cannot insert the ball joint screws, the 3 screws. Could it be that the joint is not deep enough in the shaft? How to control the depth of the joint on the shaft? What could be the problem with the screws?
Ciao che estrattore devo comprare da 19 mm non va bene? Poi volevo sapere ti sei trovato bene con questo giunto dicono che non si rompono presto sara vero?
@@AutoMotohowto46 Absolutely not, w169 and w245 have very weak cv joints. They break easily, sometimes it breaks in half the axle. It's a known issue, and Mercedes charges 1000+ euros for the job. Good video anyway 🙂🙂
15 Years in the RAF as a Mech and ive never seen so much phaff and unnecessary work, especially the tie-wrap!! who thought of that gem! And the last place you would perform that is in a dusty rocky quarry!! Nice and clean eh!!
it's a bit strange that those who work as mechanics at Mercedes for 15 years watch tutorials on how to do operations like..., I think you're the third one who has worked at Mercedes for exactly 15 years, but you're watching tutorials and I'm not kidding at all!
70% chances your gearbox will fail in the future after all the banging. Take the shaft out and do it in the Vice. Is this in Africa? i`ve seen similar videos from that area
On what criteria are your accusations based? What do you do in your everyday life? So you take the oil out of the automatic gearbox, then risk the oil seal or replace that too, all this to change a cv joint? Are you a comedian ? I ended up getting advice from the children , go back to Gran Turismo 7 :)) What amuses me the most are the kind of people like you, they try to see how it's done because they don't know how and then they tell people that it's not good how they do it :)
@@AutoMotohowto46 ex Merc mechanic. Have you heard of a rubber mallet? There is a reason for that. The circlip inside the gearbox might fail..not to mention about the case it can get cracks. Happened to most of my customers after bringing their cars in for a second time, as they had the work done to so called mechanics. If you want i can show you my Mercedes Certificate of satisfactory completion of their classes and trained to use Xentry. Thx for asking
@@AutoMotohowto46 too old for this s..t. i was just hoping others will learn from us,that's all. Thank you for showing what these congregation needs...and that is proper work. I will be uploading videos from the work i am doing to my friend's cars and you'll subscribe as certainly some mechanical education is needed :)
Helped me immensely - W169 with wobbly bearings - but.....CV joint axle fused into hub through the steering knuckle. Hub puller would not shift it on the car. Your video showed me how I could extract the whole hub/knuckle/CV joint assembly and take it to the local garage. Even they couldn't get it separated so wreckers for hub/knuckle and new CV joint kit has me sorted.
Love the Zip Tie for the circlip compression - a real mechanics "how to" made it much easier.
Im glade for helping you sir’
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Brilliant video. No bits cut. Very clear. No annoying music. Good man.
My joint is knackered. Tempted to just put in whole new axle. Would that be easier?
But you’ve made this joint replacement look pretty easy so maybe I’ll just do that.
No hard procedure and Use new parts
it's not worth changing everything, a cv joint is 22€ in my country
Perfect , this helped me a lot , had a guy quote $2500 to do this , I can do it myself for $200
In my country i do this for 20€ 😀
Thanks, found exactly what I was looking for... how to get the joint off the axle... brilliant man, subbed...
Also... aren't those clamps the worst? Is that really all the tension it needs? I've put it as tight as possible but surely a clamp with a screw clasp will hold better?
@@michaelsteyn5325 do you mean the safety on the axis? .
thank you very much, job done in less than 2h :p just, to unscrew the axle nut i used a screwdriver placed through the brake caliper and between the two disk plates to avoid stress on the gearbox and engine
Great , I'm glad you made it
or use the screwdriver to pry the dent in the nut outward. So less resistance to remove.
you can use it max 2 times as every time you need to put a dent in it.
Top job done and brilliant filming . subbed 😃
Many thanks!
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@@SlavaZSUnaviku welcome ❤️
Amazing style of filming
@@William_ali are you serious or joking? …
@@AutoMotohowto46 serious ❤️
@@William_ali thank you sir, generally people criticize me, I try to help and they curse me…
Awesome video, great information, thank you for not having annoying music in background. Question do you need to split ball joint or just undo 3 bolts on control arm. Thank you.
@@allanriches9381 just undo 3 bolts
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Thanks!!!
You break the ball joint at the beginning instead of the 3 bolts. But at the end we can see you removed the 3 bolts after all?
I tried popping the ball joint but it is too difficult to fit back on the hub without also removing the 3 bults.
@@T-Bone54 great
What was the zip tie for before putting on the cv joint?
helps you tighten the safety at the time of installation CV Joint
@@AutoMotohowto46 and you leave the ziptie on?
no no after cut ziptie@@benjaminl7376
pointless!
@@roborich1 No, I've done this before, if you don't use the zip tie then the spring clip gets pushed past the groove and binds up, gets damaged on the splines instead of compressing and allowing the CV joint to go over it. You have to zip tie the spring clip closed, then use the CV joint to push the zip tie off as it slides over the spring clip. The zip tie is a life saver, I almost had a nightmare of a day until my cousin looked on TH-cam and found the zip tie trick.
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How can you tell if a 'groaning' noise over 20kmh from front right of my W245 is the bearing or the CV joint, my friend?
You have vibration to?
@@AutoMotohowto46 No vibration, just groaning noise at speed.
@@tonebonetones only in corner ?
@@AutoMotohowto46 No, all the time above 15kph
@@tonebonetones the tripod, the part towards the box, the joint next to the gearbox
I have w169 A180 CDI Automatic transmission. I have to change complete Drive shaft front right. Do you know, should I drain the transmission oil first to put the drive shaft out? Thanks
put a large tray under the car and weigh how much oil has flowed out of the box and add new oil with exactly the same amount
Hi,
I have A170 W169 2006, and since 15000 kms ago I started hearing clunk noise when driving over speed bumps (despite of speed). In the beginning it was only in the moment when I am getting off the bump but now it appears immediately when tyre hit the bump.
One mechanic said front shock absorber is rusty and it comes frome there. The other one was not sure. I don’t want to invest hell of money and not being sure for the reason.
It is somehow metal noise coming from the front.
I can also hear it sometimes when steering at low speeds and very rare when braking. These two started appearing recently.
It has 215000km and shock absorbers were never replaced
Thank you
Your problem is lower ball joint , I have a video of its replacement on the channel, it's an easy job and the part is €10
Hello, my concern is that after changing the bellows and gasket I cannot insert the ball joint screws, the 3 screws. Could it be that the joint is not deep enough in the shaft? How to control the depth of the joint on the shaft? What could be the problem with the screws?
Use old screws , not work ?
I can't put the 6 drill bits together, the three from the ball joint and the three from the suspension strut.
I wish I could help you, sir, but now I understand the problem too well
What a pity! But how do you know when the cv joint is in the right position (when is it deep enough)?
@@analitico286 it can be seen with the naked eye, when you can no longer see the grooves, then it has entered as far as it should go.
Ciao che estrattore devo comprare da 19 mm non va bene? Poi volevo sapere ti sei trovato bene con questo giunto dicono che non si rompono presto sara vero?
Sinceramente non so cosa dire..., è comunque comodo perché non usi più il martello.
Usual problem on w169s.. Really a weak point of the car
I didn't know that, I thought it was because of the age , thx.
@@AutoMotohowto46 Absolutely not, w169 and w245 have very weak cv joints. They break easily, sometimes it breaks in half the axle. It's a known issue, and Mercedes charges 1000+ euros for the job. Good video anyway 🙂🙂
@@ticktime6569 thx. Sir’ and welcome !
I have 2 car ans same issu on each
any car really.
15 Years in the RAF as a Mech and ive never seen so much phaff and unnecessary work, especially the tie-wrap!! who thought of that gem! And the last place you would perform that is in a dusty rocky quarry!! Nice and clean eh!!
it's a bit strange that those who work as mechanics at Mercedes for 15 years watch tutorials on how to do operations like..., I think you're the third one who has worked at Mercedes for exactly 15 years, but you're watching tutorials and I'm not kidding at all!
70% chances your gearbox will fail in the future after all the banging. Take the shaft out and do it in the Vice. Is this in Africa? i`ve seen similar videos from that area
On what criteria are your accusations based?
What do you do in your everyday life?
So you take the oil out of the automatic gearbox, then risk the oil seal or replace that too, all this to change a cv joint? Are you a comedian ?
I ended up getting advice from the children , go back to Gran Turismo 7 :))
What amuses me the most are the kind of people like you, they try to see how it's done because they don't know how and then they tell people that it's not good how they do it :)
@@AutoMotohowto46 ex Merc mechanic. Have you heard of a rubber mallet? There is a reason for that. The circlip inside the gearbox might fail..not to mention about the case it can get cracks. Happened to most of my customers after bringing their cars in for a second time, as they had the work done to so called mechanics.
If you want i can show you my Mercedes Certificate of satisfactory completion of their classes and trained to use Xentry. Thx for asking
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@@videogamerkid16 Did you work at Mercedes Stuttgart and were fired because you were too good? 😒
@@AutoMotohowto46 too old for this s..t. i was just hoping others will learn from us,that's all. Thank you for showing what these congregation needs...and that is proper work. I will be uploading videos from the work i am doing to my friend's cars and you'll subscribe as certainly some mechanical education is needed :)
Cable tie
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