I'm wondering if the wander isn't just the front ball joint I have out.
It has only recently started to really wander, and this has overlapped
the time the ball joint has been squeaking like the Michael Jackson song
(creaky door sound.)
Regarding the control arms, I got the control arm because my MB dealer
discouraged the changing of the ball joint alone. Maybe it is
overkill. I bought both sides with the (maybe flawed) logic that it
would be cost effective to change both at once. Roads are really bad
here in the winter and early spring until they fix 'em. I noticed a
huge degradation of the car since 3 years ago when I got it from
Florida. I know I have one ball joint out, I was able to isolate this
for sure, maybe I should shelve the other side control arm with ball
joint for later? Not knowing what the job entails I still don't know if
it makes sense to just swap them both out. I'm going to look at the
repair CD and take a look.
Anyone change both control arms at once? Have I been listening to too
many MB dealers?
Best investment I made in my ride was that damn $10 of Purge. Per
dollar investment pays off 100 fold in acceleration etc. Not so sure
about the $200 ea. control arms!
John Peterson
Kingston RI 1991 300D 2.5 81k
Purged and mean
Werner
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Frederick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 7:06 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Slightly Wandering Posterior
Early links are prone to failure. The bushing is vulcanized in place
and acts as a spring, so they cannot be replaced separately. The
rubber fails. Replacements are the new style and require a sleeve and
bolt kit, but replacement isn't bad and will greatly improve handling.
I have replaced most of them on both W124 chassis cars, and expect to
get the rear subframe mounts, which also go bad on the earlier cars,
soon.
Peter
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