Thanks but all the items you mention are newish too. I guess one needs to remove the spring and flop it all around to check play everywhere. On Oct 17, 2014 3:45 PM, "Rich Thomas via Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> I replaced these on a 123 and a 126, no problems with them but the cars > did not get a lot of miles after the R&R, so can't share any experience in > that regard. > > You might want to check all the suspension bits on that side, ball joints, > control arms, tie rods. > > --R > > > On 10/17/14 5:34 PM, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes wrote: > >> OE vs aftermarket on the front guide rod bushings where they attach to >> body? >> >> I put the gold ones in on the teailing ends about seven years ago and the >> right one failed after maybe two years with it rumbling in the floorboard >> on rough pavement. Probably less than 20k miles on it before it went. >> >> My car eats left front tires like no tomorrow even after alignment. >> >> Dealer wants over 200 a copy for the aft bushing. Frankly that would have >> been a bargain compared to the gold ones. What do you guys think? All >> aftermarket ones seem to fail early per the forums. >> >> Thanks, >> Karl >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those >> individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner >> has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. >> >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
