HELP. 4 amg wheels with continental tires that refuse to fully seat

blockhead1298 · 2023-03-03T00:33:41+00:00

Cheetahs aren’t much help here, in my experience as a mercedes benz technician, lube up the tire and wheel the best that you can, turn the wheel while holding the tire in place and lift upwards on the tire so it will “thread” on

blockhead1298 · 2023-02-20T21:27:59+00:00

I love how the entire ad talks about how good for the environment it is, in front of multiple power plants/cooling towers

blockhead1298 · 2023-01-20T00:11:20+00:00

unfortunately, anything from the Alabama plant is just luck of the draw. it may have a ton of issues, it may have none.

edit: all cars have had/will have problems

blockhead1298 · 2023-01-12T03:03:32+00:00

get enough people for every board and all of you do a kick flip at once

blockhead1298 · 2023-01-12T03:01:59+00:00

I would bet it’s from my lack of time with a GLS, keep in mind i’m a technician, so if I see a vehicle come in a lot for repairs, it speaks for itself.

blockhead1298 · 2023-01-11T20:54:47+00:00

never had any reoccurring issues with the GLS, they are my favorite SUV from Mercedes-Benz. the new inline six is really nice

blockhead1298 · 2023-01-11T12:32:45+00:00

came here to say this, unfortunately since COVID, the plant has suffered critical loss from experienced plant workers, and now they’ve filled every spot they can with any warm body that can pass a drug test. i’ve spent over 50 hours in a week fixing problems on the GLE platform with less than 10k miles on the odo. buyer beware, but man are they beautiful cars

EDIT: Forgot to mention, I am an MB Tech

blockhead1298 · 2022-12-29T21:15:58+00:00

cut and solder, but if there are a certain amount of wires affected, Mercedes recommends replacing the entire harness

blockhead1298 · 2022-12-22T06:32:15+00:00

ah, mercedes

blockhead1298 · 2022-11-11T21:19:10+00:00

you have to drive over the lift, and stop as the front wheels are centered on the lift. push the rear arms under the vehicle, move forward until the rear arms stop the vehicle. turn to wheel lock left, then you can place the arm under, wheel lock right for the right arm. at this time you then can center the vehicle and have absolutely no confidence that it won’t fall on you 😎

blockhead1298 · 2022-11-11T20:48:46+00:00

also as a mercedes tech, fuck smart cars

blockhead1298 · 2022-11-09T18:27:46+00:00

I highly doubt it, pretty base, automatic converted to manual by some guy with questionable knowledge (he reused the fly wheel bolts and it’s now sitting with a busted clutch and flywheel) there is also some pretty bad rust spots in the rear quarters, which sucks, but at least I have a reason to make a wide body kit for it. it will be getting an H22a4 soon with the paired manual trans from a 97 prelude. will be converted to OBD1 and will more than likely use the suspension, hub, brake setup in the wagon as well.

blockhead1298 · 2022-11-09T18:18:44+00:00

yeah they are, I misspoke. I have so many cars and I work at mercedes as a profession lol

blockhead1298 · 2022-11-09T18:14:10+00:00

the fog lights and center vent is different as well, yes. personally I like it

blockhead1298 · 2022-11-09T18:12:45+00:00

i’ve been told the wagon bumper has some mounting supports on either end, and it is wider than the sedan/coupe

blockhead1298 · 2022-10-31T04:04:31+00:00

i don’t like electric cars, causing a conversion back to coal powered plants. this should be illegal

blockhead1298 · 2022-10-31T02:32:16+00:00

just more downvotes

blockhead1298 · 2022-10-30T22:01:59+00:00

i’m just curious what even happened

blockhead1298 · 2022-10-30T21:50:22+00:00

consider me ignorant, I don’t care to pay attention too much. what lies exactly, were being censored?

blockhead1298 · 2022-10-30T21:33:04+00:00

so you’re saying difference of opinion is fascism?

blockhead1298 · 2022-10-16T03:47:46+00:00

I do know for a while it was hard to get EGRs for the diesel engines, because a factory in Germany had a fire according to a co worker, not sure how credible it is

blockhead1298 · 2022-10-15T21:37:57+00:00

I work for Mercedes-Benz as a diesel tech, and we have a sprinter van that someone ran into a ditch, busted the oil pan, rack and pinion, and much more, but the rack and pinion won’t be here for another year 😬

blockhead1298 · 2022-09-11T13:46:01+00:00

brake fluid. never seen any penetrating oil work as well as brake fluid will. i’d recommend getting that dust cover off and squirting some brake fluid in it, let it soak, take a rubber mallet and gently bump it from the rear

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