280sl rear shock replacement W107

[oldan]

I have searched the internet looking for instructions for removal of the fold down rear seat back and complete instructions for removal of rear side panels to expose the rear shocks.

Have two articles plus a sketchy utube, non of which give me confidence I can proceed with the project.

Any suggestions on where to look?

The repair shop I go to is also hesitant to tackle this as they can not find any instructions either.

[ejboyd5]

https://www.pelicanparts.com/techarticles/Mercedes-R107/141-SUSPEN-Replacing_the_Rear_Shock_Absorbers/141-SUSPEN-Replacing_the_Rear_Shock_Absorbers.htm

[oldan]

Thanks but I already have this. The problem is that I believe you have to first remove the back seat fold down back.. I do not know how to do this

[oldan]

Got he shocks put in.
Lessons learned from above instructions:

When removing the two 10mm bolts stick a rag in under the bolts to catch them
when they fall off the socket
.
The side panels did not remove by pushing down by hand. I had to stick a wide flat bladed screw driver between the holding clip and the panel and wedge down
to get the panel to pop off.

When you pull off the two handles remember their position so you can put them back on correctly. They remove easily as they are mounted on a spline shaft.

If you have a garage put on the shocks they must have a drive on hoist as the tires have to be height bearing when the shocks are removed. The garage did the change out in one hour.

[Jaju]

Did you have to removed the fold down seat back?