Replacing Shock Absorbers (front, w220)
10-27-2008, 03:13 AM
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MB W221 S350
Replacing Shock Absorbers (front, w220)
hi, i am removing them but they are putted on some knuckle in the bottom, i turned of the fixing bolt (with No 5 of six star key), but as i try to lift the absorber it goes with everything and i cannot take it out it is very hard putted on that knuckle. what to do?
can i do like this??????
can i do like this??????
10-27-2008, 08:42 AM
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do you know what your doing??????!!!? your messing with AIRMATIC.......trust me if you dont know what you are messing with, dont even touch that, take it to a professional please take my advice.
10-27-2008, 10:59 AM
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OMG.... Isn't that car still on the ground? And Which World War was that wrench made 1 or 2?
What year is that car? My struts look like the one in the WIS or did you remove the damper ( Mistake )?
What year is that car? My struts look like the one in the WIS or did you remove the damper ( Mistake )?
10-27-2008, 02:46 PM
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sorry for scaring you i have no other conditions now the garage is corrupted with other car 
the wrench is maybe from 2 ww, made in russia, it was my grandfather's usually i am not using that big but it fitted perfect there
ok that was a good laugh, so no.6 is my question but how to do that?
thank you all, tomorrow i will try to do something...
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10-28-2008, 01:03 AM
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sorry for scaring you i have no other conditions now the garage is corrupted with other car the wrench is maybe from 2 ww, made in russia, it was my grandfather's usually i am not using that big but it fitted perfect there
ok that was a good laugh, so no.6 is my question but how to do that?
thank you all, tomorrow i will try to do something...
I was hoping someone would chile in and comment on your strut situation.. I'm curious about the year of your vehicle because your pics differ from the drawing by a bunch.
It looks like that bottom section of that strut is pressed into the control arm or its just sitting in there. If it is you cannot remove it with the car on the ground!!
Based on what I see, This is what you should do.
You can raise the car, and remove the wheel,
make sure there is no pressure on the strut by disabling the pump and removing the air line,
Put a jack under the control arm and raise the control arm a little, to put a pressure on the strut.
Remove the top nuts holding the strut to the frame,
Lower the control arm slowly with the jack until the strut clears the top and becomes free,
Then you can pry the lower part of the strut out of the control arm as you have shown in the picture.
It may be a little hard as this piece may be pressed in, or held with an internal locking clip. But if the top part is free, and you can position the strut straight up and down, you should be able to pop the lower part out of the control arm with pressure.
10-28-2008, 09:30 AM
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i took out them, -foolish mistake i haven't saw second fixing bolt in other side it was under damping valve bottom cover, the absorber released from the knuckle by his self when i took out the bolt thank you all very much 
thank you all very much
