Just call Tom Hanson or search the Classic Center Germany website to see what their inventory is. The standard struts are still available.
On Sat, Oct 5, 2019 at 11:37 AM Max Dillon via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Glad to hear it! I had no idea there were such struts. How hard was it > to track down a source? > -- > Max Dillon > Charleston SC > > On October 5, 2019 10:45:03 AM EDT, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >Hi Max. The SLS is going back to stock. I got two of the last 3 > >sportline > >SLS struts out of Germany for it, and sportline springs. So I will be > >keeping the SLS valve. I did have to selectively modify the valve > >mounting > >bracket with a 2lb hammer to get a 22mm rear 500e swaybar to fit, but > >other > >than that it will be pretty much stock sportline suspension in the end. > > > >On Sat, Oct 5, 2019 at 3:01 AM Max Dillon via Mercedes < > >mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > >> If you are removing the SLS, sell me the dual circuit steering pump > >and > >> the control valve. > >> -- > >> Max Dillon > >> Charleston SC > >> > >> On October 5, 2019 12:22:14 AM EDT, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes < > >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> >Swapping a 500e subframe into the 87 wagon is one of the more > >pointless > >> >things I have done, but the old one is out and I am building up the > >new > >> >frame, so no going back. Just did it to fit a 210mm diff in for a > >> >limited > >> >slip carrier. The whole assembly will all be new stuff, except the > >> >pinion > >> >seal - didn't feel like messing with the nut on the pinion. > >> > > >> >It used to squeak from the left rear wheel at slow speeds on bumps. > >I > >> >thought it was the spindle bearings on the lower control arm, but I > >was > >> >wrong. Most of the stuff had already been done a few years ago with > >> >Meyle > >> >etc stuff; those spherical bearings were new and smooth. Of course I > >> >had > >> >new OE ones, and the tool, so out they came anyway. > >> > > >> >Come to find the SLS struts have a spherical bearing on the bottom. > >> >This > >> >chassis must have over 300k on it, and I'm pretty sure these were > >the > >> >original struts. All oily, the little bellows things were long gone, > >> >and > >> >the left lower ball joint was completely dry and sticky. I got some > >new > >> >OE > >> >sportline ones out of Germany a while back, so in they go. > >> > > >> >The rear springs were some dropped height aftermarket affairs. All > >they > >> >did > >> >was wear out my rear tires on the insides. New OE sportline stuff > >going > >> >in. > >> >Then I will have to put new ones in the front to match. > >> > > >> >The little toe-in eccentric links are NLA from Mercedes, so I got > >some > >> >Lemforders from partscontainer on ebay. I don't think Lemforder make > >> >them > >> >any more. > >> > > >> >The diff mounts are holding me up. Turns out the OE mounts are NLA. > >We > >> >are > >> >talking like early 90s 500sl stuff. I found some in Latvia so they > >are > >> >probably on a boat somewhere. I even have a fancy diff mount removal > >> >tool, > >> >but of course it is for a non v8 w124 and the SL/500e mounts have > >twice > >> >the > >> >diameter, so the dies on the removal tool won't work for the larger > >> >mounts > >> >without ripping the centers out of the old mounts. I guess I will > >round > >> >up > >> >a generic bearing removal tool with a set of dies on ebay or amazon > >to > >> >get > >> >the mounts out and in. If I can get the old ones out in one piece I > >> >will > >> >dissolve the rubber out and fill them with urethane and maybe use > >them > >> >in > >> >the e420. > >> > > >> >Once I get the new 500SL diff mounted, I can measure the driveshaft > >> >length > >> >and see if the v8 sedan rear section will fit. > >> > > >> >Fortunately the rear wheel bearings had already been done by the > >> >previous > >> >owner. That job is supposedly a bear on the wagons because the > >bearing > >> >diameter is bigger and the rollers get caught somehow when pressing > >it > >> >out. > >> >So at least I don't have to go buy a press this weekend. > >> > > >> >Broke the shield over the fuel pump area (I don't know what it > >protects > >> >on > >> >the diesel cars) just ahead of the right rear wheel well. It had a > >> >rounded > >> >off nylon nut that was totally inaccessible with the subframe > >halfway > >> >out. > >> >So I could not remove it. Subframe got caught on the shield and > >ripped > >> >a > >> >corner off. Someone in NC had an old stock part. Those shields are > >> >pretty > >> >strong, with fiber reinforcement of some type. > >> > > >> >Finally got David Hendy to send me a new red wiring connector for > >the > >> >airbag, so that was very cool. He is a good guy. I broke the old one > >> >when > >> >changing the multifunction stalk out. > >> > > >> >I have been driving the car around with only one front seat for > >awhile. > >> >Amazing how roomy the car is like that. I have been procrastinating > >> >doing > >> >the second front seat cover. The sportline seats have more clips and > >> >the > >> >upper ones are super hard to install once the new cover is on. One > >day. > >> >The > >> >original cover on the passenger 500e seat I am putting in is still > >> >pretty > >> >decent anyway. Driver side was shopworn with some holes. GAHH covers > >> >are > >> >OK, but nothing like the original leather. Maybe the original > >leather > >> >looked like the GAHH stuff when it was newer, but I doubt it. > >> > > >> >Does anyone know how to put the bump stops on the front struts? Can > >the > >> >top > >> >mount just be removed, or is it spring loaded? > >> > > >> >If anyone needs a non-v8 w124 diff mount tool, or the fancy one for > >the > >> >spherical spindle bearings on a 124, let me know. > >> >_______________________________________ > >> >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 > > _______________________________________ > 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
