Does the axle shaft on the right front of a 2001 Mercedes Benz E430 have a circlip on it that is inside the differential?

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Hi.. The step to remove the front Axles of you Vitara.
Raise and support Vehicle . Remove front wheel,
Drain Diff,fluid,
Remove Locking Hub if is equipaded,
Remove Circle clip from axle shaft
On right side of Vehicle, Remove the Stabilizer Little ball joint nut. Remove castle nut Front Tie rod end,
Remove mounting bolts from brake calipper,
Remove Calipper from steering knuckle and wire a side.
Remove Stud Nut from steering knuckle,
Support Lower suspension arm with a jack,
Remove lower strut bracket bolt ,
Lower jack and disconnect Knuckle from lower suspension crontrol arm,
Pull Outler joint from Hub.
Use Large screwdriver or Prybar To pry Right inner joint from differential, The axle will go out making a little froce with the prybar,
To remove the left side,
Remove mounting bolt from inner joint flange,
Pull out axle from hub.

To reinstall just reverse the prosses.

I hope this help on your job...
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That works fine on a relatively new vehicle but one that has run in salt etc you'll save a lot of time if you remove the steering knuckle completey by separating lower ball joint and outer tie rod end ball joint and bring the whole steering knuckle to a bench to separate the hub/bearing. Soak everything with penetrant, loosen the bolts a few turns and try hitting right on the bolt heads. I also made a very sharp wedge from a chisel and rammed it hard on the other side to seoarate the hub. It will finally come apart then you'll see all the **** that was binding it due to an alumininum knuckle re-acting with a steel hub. Clean the hole and grease everything and fit new bearings

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I am assuming this is an all wheel drive. That being the case you probably have an axle CV joint going out. If you hear noise when making a sharp left or right turn and accelerating that would more than likely be the problem. And, yes this is a serviceable part. Easy to replace if you have the proper tools to accomplish the task. Good luck.

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Battery base has a device that clamps the battery on a step/notch on the side. Use a ratchet with an extension to loosen. Once it is loose you can remove the battery.

SOURCE: How to reset 2001 Mercedes-Benz E 430?

hopefully you are maintaining your vehicle and having the proper synthetic oil installed in it. Since your vehicle is out of warranty you will only be cheating youself if you are just ressetting the indicater. On this version you must first put the key in position #2.. find the page on the cluster where it shows the odometer reading by using the page buttons on the steering wheel. Next using the arrow key scroll up untill you see the service interval portion i.e. A service past due... while that screen is showing you hold down the R button ( it should be located on the right side of the instrument panal towards the bottom). keep holding that button for approximatly 10 seconds. after that it will ask you if you would like to reset service interval. release the R button and press it to confirm. The interval resetting procedures are all very similar but certain models and years have different knobs and instrument clusters.