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Hi Guys, I have a leaking right bow cylinder (oil leak showing on garage floor in front of rear tyre) and was wondering if someone could tell me how to remove it, I have searched and searched but I can't find anything to help me.
Cheers.
bbnotman......after all that searching, I'm very surprised you never saw one of the hundreds of posts from Top Hydraulics.
In addition to specializing in rebuilding hydraulic components for the CLK power roof system, they are a forum sponsor and have provided awesome insight and assistance, to forum members with trouble shooting and repair of their power roofs.
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Serndipity, thanks for the kind referral.
The W208 CLK convertibles have seven hydraulic cylinders in the system, as shown in the location diagram below. Two of them are aluminum latching cylinders. Those typically fail first, and their R&R (removal and re-installation) has been thoroughly covered in the first DIY created by forum member 'joetwa': http://www.tophydraulicsinc.com/W208...eplacement.pdf
We have recently added another, very detailed DIY for W208 CLK Cabriolets, and it deals specifically with the removal and installation of the five black steel cylinders p/n A 208 800 00 72 (2x main lift cylinders which lift the whole top), p/n A 208 800 01 72 (2x fabric bow cylinders which lift the rear glass section), and A 208 800 02 72 (1x case cover lift cylinder which lifts the storage cover). This is the DIY that you have already (correctly) quoted for bbnotman's leak from one of his black steel cylinders: http://www.tophydraulicsinc.com/w208removalguide.pdf.
We offer straight rebuild & upgrade service (where folks send in their cylinders first, then we rebuild them, then we ship them back), and we offer core exchange (where we ship cylinders from our inventory first, you install them, and then you send back your old cylinders for core credit).
While wishful thinking makes many CLK owners try to replace only one cylinder at a time and hope for the best, we find that it is clearly most economical and least aggravating to have all cylinders dealt with in on shot. At the very least, CLK owners should deal with the two locking cylinders at the same time, and they may get a few more years out of the five black steel cylinders if they are lucky. Our rebuilds are indeed upgrades, which have much longer service life than new OEM parts under the same conditions, for a fraction of what you would pay for brand new OEM (Mercedes) parts.
I recently changed mine took a while but it worked out perfectly. Top Hydraulics took care of the core exchange with no problem and it works great now. Excellent Vendor!
Thank you for all the help, the link supplied by Serndipity of the terriffic work from Top Hydraulics is what I needed. I had already found the instructions for the rear bow lock removal but thanks to you guys I can now do the leaking right Lift/Bow cylinder too.
Cheers.
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