Rear Upper & Lower Ball Joints Replaced On W163 Mercedes. How To In Detail With Technique & Tooling.

The video goes into great detail, including torque specs, tooling, part numbers, pricing, and techniques, on how to replace the rear upper and lower ball joints on a W163 Mercedes. See time stamps for details. Listed below are the links to special tooling and pricing used for this job, and other videos that will help you further understand why and how for this job. As always this video is for reference only and in no way replaces official manufacturer procedures. Hope this video is of help to you and thank you for watching.    • W163 Mercedes ML Class maintenance videos   00:00-Introduction 00:19-Parts and pricing to get this job done 01:39-Tools needed for the job 07:10-The reason why the job is getting done 08:27-Removal of the rear inner fender shroud 10:48-Removal of the rear stabilizer link rod 14:25-Disconnect the wire harness from the knuckle 15:50-Removal of the rear brake assembly 17:49-Removal of the rear rotor 18:52-Release the rear track rod from knuckle 22:30-Release rear drive axle nut from knuckle 23:45-Loosen upper ball joint from knuckle 25:21-what's been done so far and when needs done still 26:38-Disconnect rear strut upper nuts from frame 33:34-Disconnect rear track rod and loosen lower control arm from frame 36:49-Removal of rear lower ball joint 46:24-Set in of the new lower ball joint in knuckle and install in lower control arm 53:46-Torque lower ball joint to knuckle 1:00:35-Disconnect lower control arm from frame to remove upper control arm 1:04:59-Removal of upper control arm/ball joint assembly 1:13:39-Connect new upper control arm/ball joint assembly to frame 1:14:36-Re-connect all rear suspension components together before torquing 1:28:06-Tighten, and torque all fasteners to knuckle 1:42:07-Loading suspension and torquing lower control arms to frame 1:45:10-Wish suspension loaded, align, and torque upper control arm to frame 1:51:10-Installation or rotor and calipper assembly with torque specs 1:56:00-Installation of harness for ABS wheel speed sensor 1:57:21-Torque axle nut to wheel hub/knuckle assembly 1:59:27-Stabilizer link rod installation 2:00:48-Final check of all torqued items and park brake set in rotor 2:03:30-Rear wheel well liner installation and final thoughts https://www.kommentools.com/products/... https://www.amazon.com/NEIKO-20743A-C... https://www.tekton.com/3-4-inch-drive...    • How To Replace The Rear Shocks With Bilste...      • Use A Torque Wrench With Adapters & Formul...      • How To Replace A Weathered Spare Tire On A...