I can only offer that it will be much easier to replace all the links and bushings, but remember that final torque should be done with weight of car resting on rear wheels.
Unknowns: condition of wheel bearings, brakes, unless you swap over the wheel carriers. Extra expense: new bolts and special washers for the axle connections to differential. Are you keeping current differential? -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 On May 4, 2015 8:38:36 PM EDT, Fred Moir via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >Need an informed opinion as to whether it is a good idea to buy a used >W124 rear subframe and build it up and then swap it, on not? >(Sorry about the on-topic question). >Fred Moir.Lynn MA.Diesel preferred. >_______________________________________ >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 _______________________________________ 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