Hello, as ever when editing these things some footage sometimes gets left out for a variety of reasons. I had tried to loosen the joint as you have suggested but in this instance I couldn't manage to get it to budge, hence I ended up removing the hub so as to be able to use the extra force as depicted in the video. I agree with you and previous comments that ideally the hub can be left in position and that way the camber and track angles are preserved. In retrospect I should have made some reference to all of this, but in any case, at least hopefully the worst case scenario has been covered and if you can manage to get it done in a more simple way then that's a bonus. Thanks for your comments I'm always happy to receive guidance and pointers. As you can see from the fairly broad array of things I tinker with I'm no expert in anything particular..... I just enjoy having a go at stuff and learning on the way. Good luck

2014..... It's a 113, but by then I think Merc had moved onto the 114 for most variants of the w639. As mine is configured as a London Taxi I think the coachbuilder which did the conversions to the taxi were using the previous generation model at a much later point.

@@fixitfallows OK, thanks.

I'm sorry to say that I do not. For each of the nuts, which were all removed and finally tightened manually by spanner and or breaker bar, I tightened them back up based upon feel and recollection of the force required to undo them. Suffice to say they were all very tight, as you would imagine in these high stress locations Whilst you will have seen me using a torque gun during the filming, this model is of insufficient power to have loosened these nuts initially, it is not of professional spec.

@@fixitfallows thank you. exchange is complete.

wheel bolts for van 140nm, wishbone all three bolts 95nm, drop links 45nm, track rod ends 65nm

@@paulroman7587 thank you so much!!

You don't need to take off the Hub assembly or track control arm so you won't upset the camber setting