Several people including myself have asked about replacement boots
for 124 front struts. There seems to be none available.
I called online sellers of shocks, and one of them gave me a number
for Bilstein USA engineering.
I called Bilstein USA engineering and asked about replacement boots
Good work. Somebody should do the same for sls struts.
Mitch.
Dieselhead wrote:
I got a call back from Wes at Bilstein USA. He said the strut was
designed to work without a boot. He also said that he found a boot that
should work. it is: 14mm top hole (for the threaded end of the strut)
On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 8:33 AM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
I got a call back from Wes at Bilstein USA. He said the strut was designed
to work without a boot. He also said that he found a boot that should work.
it is: 14mm top hole (for the threaded end of the strut) and 260mm
Market expansion, Rusty! ;))
Wilton
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From: Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 12:08 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 124 strut boot: factory report part 2
On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 8:33
Thanks for taking the initiative and getting an answer for us. Being
designed to work without a boot explains why mine haven't failed yet -
they've had torn, split boots since I got both cars, but don't seem to have
suffered any ill effects so far. I figured that at 275k and 350k miles that
I'd be
My struts failed at about 200k, and the boots had been shredded for some time.
Thanks for taking the initiative and getting an answer for us. Being
designed to work without a boot explains why mine haven't failed yet -
they've had torn, split boots since I got both cars, but don't seem to have
