People often call the steering gear the "rack" and I assumed Dan was doing just that. My gearbox had never been touched - there was no need. I'll have to give it a good cleaning an see what transpires.There is black grime all over the gearbox. The the fluid stain is just below it,not below the PSP as I first stated. After I hear what you all tell me I suspect that one of the connections down there may be leaking. Hope I can get on these fittings with an open end wrench. Don't have tubing wrenches.
. On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 3:36 PM, David Bruckmann < bruckma...@transcontinental.ca> wrote: > There's no steering rack in a 126. MB didn't descend to those depths until > the 90's when the accountants and marketing people took over. All > 80's-and-earlier MBs used recirculating ball steering boxes. > > The bit that very occasionally does leak on an MB recirculating ball > steering box, and usually ONLY after adjustment, is the pitman arm shaft > o-ring. > > When you adjust the box, the shaft changes position and this moves the > o-ring into new territory, often very rusty/grubby territory. Then you get a > leak. If the o-ring survives the ride, the leak sometimes goes away as the > ring finds a new "groove". > > W115/116/123 boxes are often neglected for decades. When they finally get > adjusted, you can have a gusher for a few weeks. As far as I can see from > the service books, most 126 (and all later models) had self-adjusting > steering, and should thus be less likely to ever leak at the shaft. > > D. > > > Dan Weeks Wrote: > > > >Hans: > > > >I have the same car, same leak. It's > >steering rack seals. > _______________________________________ > 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 > -- Hans Neureiter, Houston, TX '82 300SD '02 RoadKing '72 T100 Daytona _______________________________________ 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
