'87 300TD, 124.193, 343k miles. Help me with some diagnosis ideas please. At highway speed, sometimes the steering wheel will shake, most of the time it will not. Today it would shake during a turn at highway speed, and turning left or right would make it shake. Occasionally, on the first acceleration to highway speed, once I get above 50 mph or so, it will shake while going straight, and then stop after 5 - 10 seconds. After a shaking episode, the car is fine for the rest of the day.
A few weeks ago I had the car aligned. I've just installed a set of used tires on the front axle; these were the best two taken off my '95 sedan a couple weeks ago. Paid extra for "Road Force" balancing: http://www.gsp9700.com/search/findgsp9700.cfm Most of the front-end components are fairly new and either OE from MB or "Rusty" parts. Struts, lower control arm inner bushings, ball joints, idler arm bushings. I'm not sure about the steering damper. The wheel bearings were checked and packed with fresh grease about 7 years / 40k miles ago. ------------- Max Charleston SC _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com