Larry, Yes, I have the list on paper and I'll send you a copy. The '95 finally was all together back at Thanksgiving, and performed beautifully on a trip to NYC and back since then. The car is an absolute pleasure to drive now, and soon my '87 wagon will have the same treatment. I did not replace the subframe mounts yet, that will wait for a less busy time. Before I started, riding in the car was like riding on springs on a piano dolly; very bouncy and lots of rear-end steering. After new rear shocks and new struts/bushings and an alignment (and front end work including lower ball joints and tie rods and steering shock), all that is fixed.
If you're planning to do this work, the most difficult parts are the two bushings for the spring link (aka lower control arm). The inner bushing is mounted in the spring link, the outer bushing is mounted in the wheel carrier. I purchased a $100 Sir Tools copy of the special MB tool for the outer bushing; it requires that the brake rotor and parking brake assembly be removed, and the dust shield taken loose so that you can get proper access and clearance around the bushing. Tool worked great on the '95, but broke on my wagon. The inner bushings are also a bear. On my '95, I ended up taking them to a shop to have the old pressed out and new pressed in for $40. On my wagon, I have a "shop made tool" consisting of a foot of 3/8-12 Acme threaded rod and some nuts, a piece of pipe with the ends cut absolutely square, and an assortment of sockets; the tool just barely is enough to do the inner bushings. I've finished the right side of the wagon; when I do the left side, I'm going to use a torch to heat up things so that life for the tools will be a little easier. -Max ________________________________ From: "l02tur...@comcast.net" <l02tur...@comcast.net> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Mon, December 13, 2010 9:42:49 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] 124 rear suspension rebuild - who's BTDT? Hi Max, Last Summer you were prepping for a rear suspension repair & upgrade. At the time several people (incl. me) requested a list parts needed. Were you ever able to put that list onto paper? Would love to see it - still no specific problems but it's one of those problems that sneak up on you without noticing. I assume the '95 is all back together by now? Driving nicely I hope? Sorry if you have gone over this - there are so many MBZ posts I often get behind in reading all of them. Hope I don't miss something important... Did you notice a big improvement? TIA - Larry T 91 300D -----Original Message----- From: Dillon, Meade M CIV SPAWARSYSCEN-ATLANTIC,53310 Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 7:41 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] 124 rear suspension rebuild - who's BTDT? I'll send it directly (anyone else need it?) but I'm not sure it will all apply to you, as the hardware changed at some point, increasing the bolt size from M10 to M12 I believe. Maybe someone here is smart enough to know if the larger bolts will be fine as long as ALL the camber/torque/strut/etc arms are replaced along with bushings and sleeves? -Max -----Original Message----- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Larry T Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 4:06 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] 124 rear suspension rebuild - who's BTDT? Hey Max - When you get that list, please share it, OK?? My '91 300D might need a similar rebuild one of these days .... Thx LarryT 91 300D "In God We Trust" -------------------------------------------------- From: "Dillon, Meade M CIV SPAWARSYSCEN-ATLANTIC,53310" <meade.m.dil...@navy.mil> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 1:34 PM To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: [MBZ] 124 rear suspension rebuild - who's BTDT? > Dieselvolk, > > I'm putting together a Rusty-gram to get the rubber and hardware bits > so that I can rebuild the rear suspension on my '95 E300. I'm > planning to go whole hog: differential to sub frame mounts, sub frame > to body mounts, and all the various bushings and torque arms and > struts that hold the wheel carrier in position. I'm expecting at > least a boat ride at this year's Rusty-Q, as I've probably already > made two or three of his boat payments. > > Someone, I believe it was Dieselhead, recently shared their > observations, and I remember that removing the mounts that hold sub > frame to body was loads of fun and games. What tools/hardware should > I gather in advance to help this procedure along? Can I rent the $$$ > tools somewhere? Any other tidbits of wisdom will be appreciated. > > Still smoking, > /s/ > Max Dillon > '87 300TD 328k miles > '95 E300 275k miles (project) > '73 Balboa 20 > Charleston SC > > > > _______________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________ 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 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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