I have found that you must put the torque link in before the thrust link (or if only replacing the torque link, remove the thrust link) because you need to rotate the wheel carrier a bit to get the bolt and sleeve in.
I don't know when the new style links came out, but I suspect in 90 they were still the old style with a larger bolt. New link are 210 part numbers, and you need a bolt kit with sleeve to fit the new smaller bolt to the old style wheel carrier as the bolts are smaller diameter. Check the tie rods and tie rod eccentric bolt bushing (that's the only part that usually wears, but the tie rod end can go bad too) and replace these at the same time. Requires a full four wheel alignment if you do. I plan to replace the spring link bushings at the same time, rather pointless to replace all the links and have excessive noise and tire wear from the camber being "loose" even with new links. Might stick new spring pads in as well, after all, they are 20 years old with how many miles on them? Peter -----Original Message----- >From: Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> >Sent: Apr 2, 2010 10:52 PM >To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >Subject: Re: [MBZ] 124 rear axel link replacement > >The bugaboo is the the outer joint for the lower control arm in the >wheel carrier. It takes a special tool (press) of course. I took >them off and took them to a good tire shop. they pressed out the old >and in the new. I think the sequence you suggest is right. I see >Rusty has the links on sale again this month. He always does that a >couple weeks after I do the job. It is a very good price! > > >>This weekend looks good for finally replacing the worn, sloppy rear links in >>the '90 300D. Is there a perferred sequence for replacing them, or just >>follow the sequence in the manual (camber, torque, tie rod, thrust)? >> >>The instructions say "press tensioning sleeve out of wheel carrier" for each >>of the links - is a BFH the usual tool for this job? Is there a trick to >>pressing them back in? >> >>TIA -- OK Don >>Panic! (the national past time). >>_______________________________________ >>http://www.okiebenz.com >>For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >>To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >>To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > >_______________________________________ >http://www.okiebenz.com >For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
