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Mercedes Beam Shaft Boot Replacement

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Mercedes Axel Shaft Boot Replacement

This pictorial is a slight difference from my normal ones. I similar the thought of saving the DIY'ers money and will start to characteristic diverse swell tools or ideas will exercise just that. So lets spring into it.

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Mercedes has a very robust axle half shaft every bit a general dominion. Many cars I see in the shop however have the original axles even after 20 years. Lack of "flogging" the vehicle will generally give long service life. The weak point on any beam associates is the rubber boot. I actually don't think that Mercedes intended or designed them to last equally long as we seem to use them, 20 plus years. So what happens when your boots either start to cleft or rip open. Well if you become to them shortly plenty, then you can just "reboot" them. Every bit long every bit the C.Five. articulation has not gotten dirt into information technology, then you can repack and reboot.

Ownership new axles is ever as option, merely very expensive. Call Mercedes and check! The other selection is to buy "rebuilt" axles. Basically they accept new roller balls, boots, and the muzzle has been milled smooth. This is the problem. Milling the muzzle assembly, removes the super difficult surface that makes the original axles and so durable in the commencement place. Hence, rebuilt axles rarely last like the factory originals.

So if your C.V. joint is in good shape simply put new boots on them. At that place are several means to install new boots. Go with some of the Mercedes kits that cost over $100 for each axle, use the split boots which are just a problem waiting to happen, or use the neat Flexx gun and boots from Astoria. We did one axle in less than ten minutes which included repacking the C.5. articulation and installing both boots and clamps.

Then follow along as we demo a neat time saving product.

Typical croaky Mercedes boot. This one still had the original liquid oil in the joint. The C.Five. joint was fine, but the kicking was ready to tear. This is really a actually nice boot to exist twenty plus years old.

The other finish of the axle is just the same, swell but notwithstanding property the fluid. This is the best fourth dimension to change the boots, BEFORE they bust.

Remove the clamp with a screwdriver and a pair or wire cutters.

Remove the smaller clamp as well.

Cutting the boot off and practise this over a bleed pan. The joint is full of oil and will make a big mess if you lot practise non catch it.

Tear the boot away and cut off the metallic stiffening ring, which is no longer needed.

Close-up of kick. The boot is more than flexible than a new Mercedes kicking, and is sized to fit a variety of axles.

This is going on the axle, on each finish. Kick kit contains grease for packing the articulation, kick and clamps.

This is the machine called the Flexx gun. Information technology operates off your air compressor.

Skid the kick over the arms........

...and pull the trigger. When you become to this point, just slip it over the beam joint and release the air. No the boot is not going to break, its designed to practise this.