The upper strut mounts look fine, and the upper shaft of the strut is held still / not turning in those, so the turning motion which is accompanied by creaking and groaning and some popping vibrations I can feel, that motion should be at the interface of the upper strut shaft and the body of the strut. The front of the car also sits pretty low, so I suspect they would fail the FSM test that measures how much force is required to compress them. ------------- Max Charleston SC
On Sat, Sep 21, 2019 at 3:11 PM Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Struts, or upper strut mount bearings? > > > On September 21, 2019 at 2:00 PM Max Dillon via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > I think I've diagnosed bad struts on my '95 E300. Steering is very > stiff, and there are creaking noises from the tops of the struts when they > are turned from lock to lock. This happened when the car sat for about a > year or two with very little driving. > > > _______________________________________ 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
