I'd second the subframe mounts - but I had one that had a broken spring on the lowest coil and it caused some interesting handling I thought at first was tires. So I would try to check no springs are broken first. Actually you could rotate the tires also to see if any has a defect.
Regards, -----Original Message----- From: Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> Sender: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 10:04:21 To: Mercedes Discussion List<mercedes@okiebenz.com> Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Lets talk tire pressure Assuming all the links are tight and the alignment is correct, change the rear subframe mounts. The behavior you describe in the second sentence tell me it is subframe mounts. Your confirmation that the links are new, assuming the bolts are all tight and links are all new and properly aligned, that only leaves the subframe mounts. I had a good indy whose guy did not tighten one bolt, and it behaved similarly. >So the Red '84 190D isn't handling the way I'd want it to. If it >were a snowmobile I'd say "it darts" which is to say it'll twitch >side to side when heading down the road at 45mph or more. If you >twitch the steering wheel back and forth nothing happens... > >I'm thinking tire pressure so this morning I checked, 40psi all >around. Sidewall max says 44 so we're still safe there. I pulled the >fronts down to 36 and took a test drive which seemed to show some >improvement but its still not right. Rear shocks are new as are all >the rear links. All the suspension seems to be tight, confirmed by >my Indy and the inspection station dude 165,000 miles on the car. > >These are 14" wheels I forget the exact tire size but the sidewalls >are big.... Maybe this afternoon I'll go all the way down to factory >pressure and see what happens. On my other 190D I was running a bit >above factory (factory is 28/32 I think I was running 30/34) which >seemed to no hurt anything. It seems like the 4psi difference is >more important than the actual tire pressure... > >Ideas? > >-Curt > > > > >_______________________________________ >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 _______________________________________ 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 _______________________________________ 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
