MERCEDES C230 TORQUE STRUT (UPPER CONTROL ARM) REPLACEMENT

Рет қаралды 28,663

3 жыл бұрын

How to replace the torque strut (upper control arm) on a Mercedes C230 Kompressor. These bushings will cause poor handling and knocking sounds when failed. In my case the passenger side bushing ruptured in my driveway leaving a oil stain.

Пікірлер: 28

@josiahhardy 2 жыл бұрын

Have the same car in blue absolutely love it gonna do this in the next couple weeks just to be on the safe side !! Great video bro thank you!!

@f.s.detailgarage7869 2 жыл бұрын

Your welcome! Thanks for watching!

@joelsterling3735 Жыл бұрын

Clear and concise. Thank you

@f.s.detailgarage7869 Жыл бұрын

Your welcome!

@gorillaump5869 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the advice, I almost had it!

@f.s.detailgarage7869 3 жыл бұрын

Your welcome

@dmo.amgc633 2 жыл бұрын

Great video all the information I need to do mine ,I have the parts and the know how ,just need a day off work :)

@f.s.detailgarage7869 2 жыл бұрын

Sweet glad to help out! Thanks for watching!

@josiahhardy 2 жыл бұрын

Quickcrete makes a powder that obsorbs oil stains from the concrete and it works really good

@f.s.detailgarage7869 2 жыл бұрын

The sun here eventually bleached out the oil stain. Lol

@huongyn8808 Ай бұрын

At 4:46, I can’t break loose the nut with 21mm. What can I do? Thank you

@f.s.detailgarage7869 29 күн бұрын

PB Blaster to break down rust, impact gun, two box end wrenches put together for added leverage or a big ass breaker bar.

@dmo.amgc633 2 жыл бұрын

Still watching, was there a torque spec I should know hoping you could say b4 I go looking thanks you great video am looking to do the job tomorrow just got my parts from fcp euro:)

@f.s.detailgarage7869 2 жыл бұрын

I’ll be honest I can’t remember what the torque specs were. Thank you for watching and subscribing!

@StephenBrewer89 Жыл бұрын

Hate that about your driveway. Honda got me with my 2011 civic si back in the day. Had a good bit of work done to it but before I got a chance to swap to solid engine mounts I had one of them tear. The engine bay was so clean you could eat off it, then it had oil all over after that. Took forever to get cleaned. Although not as bad as a driveway :/ probably doing this to my w203 soon. Good video man. Actually got here looking for videos of c class with 30mm wheel spacers lol.

@f.s.detailgarage7869 Жыл бұрын

Definitely a dumb design in my opinion took like 6 months for that oil to fade out in the driveway. Glad you found the video even if it sent you down a rabbit hole. 😂 Thanks for watching!

@StephenBrewer89 Жыл бұрын

@@f.s.detailgarage7869 for sure man!

@dannyona5594 2 жыл бұрын

What size is the inverted torx on strut housing?

@f.s.detailgarage7869 2 жыл бұрын

I want to say E16 or E18 possibly.

@what2be970 10 ай бұрын

T60

@philipdennis5020 11 ай бұрын

What else can I used besides that spreader?

@f.s.detailgarage7869 11 ай бұрын

Really the only way to ensure you won’t damage the joint but a hammer and solid snacks can also break it loose but could damage it while doing this.

@eddiemay547 Жыл бұрын

how much front suspassion arm and rinar

@f.s.detailgarage7869 Жыл бұрын

Not sure what the price was.

@arttupiira9282 3 жыл бұрын

did you have it aligned after this? was there anything that needed adjusting?

@f.s.detailgarage7869 3 жыл бұрын

Nope those are fixed mounted arms no adjustment. In my case alignment was good before so I didn’t need to align the vehicle after replacing.

@what2be970 10 ай бұрын

Was looking for the torque specs but apparantly your smarter than mercedes-benz, you dont need to torque anything to spec. Mercedes must just hire engineers to give them something to do. secondly, you adjust your alignment settings by using shims between the steering knuckle and strut as well as the tie rod (for toe in/out). And yes, you do need to get it aligned after you replace the control arms.

@f.s.detailgarage7869 10 ай бұрын

Such a smart guy you came to KZfaq for torque specs get a book and search for torque specs