Yes, parts were pretty inexpensive and no special tools required. The original parts lasted about 200k miles, can't complain about that service life.
------------- Max Charleston SC On Sat, Apr 21, 2018 at 6:38 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Ahh, gotta love the easy fixes, eh? We deserve these every once in a > while, don’t we? > > -D > > > > > On Apr 21, 2018, at 6:18 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > This afternoon I addressed a nagging clunk from the front suspension of > > SWMBO's Infiniti I30. I suspected the links at the ends of the sway bar, > > and so I'd purchased a set earlier, something like $25 for the set. The > > links connect to the end of the sway bar with a bolt through a couple > > rubber bushings compressed between some big dish washers, and the old > > rubber bits looked pretty tired. The other end of the link is a ball > joint > > that connects to the lower control arm. The whole thing is way too > > complicated in my opinion, but the parts are cheap enough and not too > hard > > to replace. > > > > "While I was there" I also checked the ball joint play between the lower > > control arm and the wheel carrier, which is very similar to the 124 set > > up. The FSM calls for measuring the play with a dial indicator and the > > acceptable amount of play is "0 mm". I measured 0.1 mm on both sides, > and > > one side is pretty new with only about 10k miles. I think I'll live with > > it for now. The boots are intact and after I replace the sway bar links > > all the noise was gone. > > ------------- > > Max > > Charleston SC > > _______________________________________ > > 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 > > _______________________________________ 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
