Yesterday I tried removing my starter motor from my 85 300SD. I disconnected all the wires and brakets and the lower allen bolt. No joke it took me at least 4 hours yesterday trying to get that upper allen bolt loose and another 2 hours today. Who ever tightened that bolt must have torqued it to at least 200 pounds. after trying all the angles and a foot long breaker bar. I put my 10mm allen wrench parallel with the ground and my breaker bar perpandicular with a bottel jack underneath.....The front passanger wheel was completly off the ground and all the weight of that side on that wrench,breaker bar, and jack.....It still did not break loose. I had a 10mm 3/8" drive socket and my breake bar with an over all length of about a foot and a half. I bent the male adapter at wratchet and the 3/8" extension. I had so much muscle into it that it turned the male end at least 45 degrees. supprisingly i did not strip the bolt but after doing the bottle jack idea a dozen times, it finally came loose. Now, How do i get the starter out...my manual says to loosen some steering linkage but I cannot understand what I could possibly loosen that would give me enough room to get that thing outta there. thanks
-Stephen

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