Thank you for your help. Much appreciated. "Springs only sag, they don't change rate all that much. A wallowy ride is more likely to be bad (or missing) rear sway bar links, bad bushings, or bad from control arm parts."
I think, and a friend mentioned it, the car appears low in the back. Yes the ride is not always fun, especially when the wind is strong, driving on the interstate, passing a semi, etc. "Do you get clunks when you drive over speed bumps? If so, the track rod bushing is shot, and it's going to wallow around. A bouncy ride is bad rear shocks, though." "Unless you have a broken spring, I'd be looking for suspension components, subframe mounts, control arm bushings, etc. Then move to the spring rubber bushings. (Loren)" I can't say I get any clunk, it just feels rough when passing any bump. In any case, faulty bushings and all (as Loren commented too) is a good point and I certainly will look into that. I am also planning to change the steering damper which shows wear. "HD shocks are MUCH firmer than comforts, to the point I regret putting them on my Volvo. Way to rough on the interstate." The shocks I installed are heavy duty Bilsteins. Well, now I feel stupid because I just realized looking back at my order from the online store (http://www.autopartswarehouse.com) that they sent me or it was my mistake, mixing the ref. number, comfort shocks for the front and the intended heavy duty ones for the rear. So now, I have been driving on a mix comfort/heavy duty. Well, this could be one of the problems to a my question, couldn't it? --PT -----Original Message----- >From: Loren Faeth <lfa...@leadingchange.com> >Sent: May 13, 2009 8:49 AM >To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >Subject: Re: [MBZ] Replacing coil springs, 300D > >Unless you have a broken spring, I'd be looking for suspension >components, subframe mounts, control arm bushings, etc. Then move to >the spring rubber bushings. I am not sure where to find them for >123, but there were factory specs published for earlier models about >the height of good springs out of the car, as well as how to decipher >the color code markings on the spring. I would guess they are in the >factory manuals or CDs. > >Call rusty for a kit price for the front or rear suspension. 800 741 5252 > > >At 07:41 AM 5/13/2009, you wrote: >>Hello, >> >>Has anyone replaced coil springs once? I am trying to see if I could >>do it myself on a 300D, 1981. Not too long ago, I replaced the >>shocks with Bilstein's but it won't do it, the car is still too much >>like a boat, especially on the interstate. >>Thank you. >> >>--PT, 300D 1981 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090513/ecc091dc/attachment.html> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
