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2014 w166 front lower control arm rear bushing removal

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Old Oct 29, 2021 | 10:05 PM
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2014 w166 front lower control arm rear bushing removal

Trying to replace the bushing but there doesn't seem to be a way to remove the nut that attaches the bushing to the control arm... just a flat round covering... videos shows a nut but mine is different.. is it pressed in?

I already removed the 2 bolts to the frame

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Old Oct 29, 2021 | 11:24 PM
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Do some searching on this site, pretty sure the LCA is replaced as an assembly including the bushing.
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Old Apr 2, 2023 | 05:33 PM
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Did you ever figure out the solution? Did you need to remove the entire LCA and press

Originally Posted by rmesola
Trying to replace the bushing but there doesn't seem to be a way to remove the nut that attaches the bushing to the control arm... just a flat round covering... videos shows a nut but mine is different.. is it pressed in?

I already removed the 2 bolts to the frame

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Hi, I am working on replacing the same part. Was the solution to remove the entire LCA and press out the bushing? I bought the OEM MB bushing replacement, so surely there should be a way to replace it without replacing the entire LCA units? Thanks for the help.
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Old Apr 2, 2023 | 05:38 PM
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Hi, I am working on replacing the same part. Was the solution to remove the entire LCA and press out the bushing? I bought the OEM MB bushing replacement, so surely there should be a way to replace it without replacing the entire LCA units? Thanks for the help.
you replace everything.. its not removable
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for what i see these bushings are replaceable, but you'll spend more in tools than the whole arm..
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Thanks, appreciate the feedback.
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Originally Posted by C43 Fun Haver
for what i see these bushings are replaceable, but you'll spend more in tools than the whole arm..
Thank you! Has anyone done it on a bench press? Is it doable? Or requirement is some specialty tool from Mercedes?
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