On Wed, 1 Feb 2006, Trampas wrote:
> Here is what I do:
>
> Both guide rod bushings/bearings
> New lower ball joints (special press required)
> New idler arm
> New center drag link
> New left and right outer tie rod assemblies
> New shocks
> New steering damper
> Reseal PS box if needed.
Shocks a
Allan Streib wrote:
What exactly does that entail? Is there a good writeup on the whole
job anywhere? Is it something I can do myself in my garage (no lift
but a good floor jack and stands). Any esoteric tool requirements?
I've got a photoblog on my website when I did it last year on the 30
yep, I have a couple of cars that need this treatment.
John Ervine wrote:
Allan Streib wrote:
Squeaky and creaky, mostly on the passenger side. Sound "seems" to
be coming from the rearward end of the track rod, but it's hard to
tell for sure. Audible squeaking when bouncing the front of th
.
Trampas
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On Wed, 1 Feb 2006, John Ervine wrote:
> You might want to consider rebuilding
John Berryman wrote:
On Wednesday, February 1, 2006, at 10:51 AM, Allan Streib wrote:
Squeaky and creaky, mostly on the passenger side. Sound "seems" to
be coming from the rearward end of the track rod, but it's hard to
tell for sure. Audible squeaking when bouncing the front of the car.
Shoc
On Wed, 1 Feb 2006, John Ervine wrote:
> You might want to consider rebuilding the entire front end in one
> go. It'll save you money on alignments.
What exactly does that entail? Is there a good writeup on the whole
job anywhere? Is it something I can do myself in my garage (no lift
but a goo
On Wednesday, February 1, 2006, at 10:51 AM, Allan Streib wrote:
Squeaky and creaky, mostly on the passenger side. Sound "seems" to
be coming from the rearward end of the track rod, but it's hard to
tell for sure. Audible squeaking when bouncing the front of the car.
Shocks are recent, everyt
That sounds like what I heard prior to replacing the ball joints on my 240D.
On 2/1/06, Allan Streib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 31 Jan 2006, John Berryman wrote:
>
> > It will be in section 33 of 123 manual. They call it a brake
> > support aka track rod. Pretty straight forward
Allan Streib wrote:
Squeaky and creaky, mostly on the passenger side. Sound "seems" to
be coming from the rearward end of the track rod, but it's hard to
tell for sure. Audible squeaking when bouncing the front of the car.
Shocks are recent, everything else is unknown.
You might want to cons
On Tue, 31 Jan 2006, John Berryman wrote:
> It will be in section 33 of 123 manual. They call it a brake
> support aka track rod. Pretty straight forward. It would be a good
> idea to count the turns when removing the tube from the support and
> put it back the same way. Get a bushing kit fo
Not much to it, take off the old one and put the new one back on. You
might have to jiggle some stuff a little bit but there is no significant
load on it when the car is jacked up. Are you really needing the rod or
the ball joint thingy on the firewall (this is what wears out)?
--R
Allan St
On Tuesday, January 31, 2006, at 04:43 PM, Allan Streib wrote:
Anyone know of a writeup on guide rod replacement (hope I have the
right term. I'm refering to the rod that extends from the lower
firewall area to somewhere near the lower front shock absorber
mount)
It will be in section 33
Sorry the original message had a munged From: header, if anyone tries
a direct reply this one should be correct.
On Tue, 31 Jan 2006, Allan Streib wrote:
> Anyone know of a writeup on guide rod replacement (hope I have the
> right term. I'm refering to the rod that extends from the lower
> firew
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