They are shot, they die of old age. If you want to check, look for ANY
space between bar and bushing. They fit, when new, by compression and
there should be NO clearance at all.
Also check the brackets for the body mounts -- they tend to fracture
and rattle. Cheap and easy to replace, but
Bad control arm bushing will make the front tires wear badly and
prevent a shop from performing a decent front end alignment. Fairly
easy to tell, as the control arm will move at the pivot end in
directions other than on axis. The noise will be similar to bad sway
bar bushing ends except for
Ball joints are cheap, installation on the W124 isn't bad, and driving
with the front wheel unattached is often lethal. Replace if at ALL in
doubt, they usually have excessive play long before they die.
Squeaks on turning the wheel is either ball joints or steering linkage,
nothing else is
the time or
intermittent?
:-)
+dm
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Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 08:11:35 -0500
From: John Peterson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [MBZ] 124 Sway Bar Bushings?
Regarding my front end clunk on bumps at low speeds, someone suggested that
I check / replace
John Peterson wrote:
Regarding my front end clunk on bumps at low speeds, someone suggested that
I check / replace the front anti-sway bar bushings. Parts are cheap, $30,
and it is DIY job. Does anyone think this could be the clunk (dealer says
new control arms and bushings but I doubt this
if the ball joint boot is split (not always very obvious), you can diagnose it
by hosing the living hell out if it with a garden hose (do one at a time,
starting with the lower)...go over your normal clunking bumps and dips...if
still clunking, continue the process until you find that you
Hey, good news. I've got bad sway bar bushings too!
I'm going to take this opportunity to upgrade my sway bars to a pair of
Sportsline bars...
Wonder if they make a Sportsline central locking system (my trunk doesn't
lock/unlock with the driver's door...)
Lee
'93 300D 2.5L turbodiesel 179K
Christopher McCann wrote:
if the ball joint boot is split (not always very obvious), you can diagnose it by hosing
the living hell out if it with a garden hose (do one at a time, starting with the
lower)...go over your normal clunking bumps and dips...if still clunking,
continue the
Are you saying that if a car squeaks in the front when the moves up
and down (think of a speed hump) that means it's the ball joint? How
about the suspension?
Tim
1982 300TD Moby
On 11/18/05, Marshall Booth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Christopher McCann wrote:
if the ball joint boot is split
TimothyPilgrim wrote:
Are you saying that if a car squeaks in the front when the moves up
and down (think of a speed hump) that means it's the ball joint? How
about the suspension?
I'm saying that squeaking USUALLY involves ball joints. Then I jack up
the car and try to lift the wheel using a
you should still use an Antivirus
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Thank for continued help. John
John Petesron
'91 300D 2.5 74k
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Regarding my front
for a test? The bushings are cheap, but
take a week to get.
Thank for continued help. John
John Petesron
'91 300D 2.5 74k
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