Good news for you! Interestingly mine isn't squirrely all the time, just enough to be annoying and occasionally a bit scary.
For instance, yesterday going home it was a bit squirrely, felt like I needed to keep twitching the wheel back and forth more than I'd like to stay steady down the road. However last night going home it was steady as a rock... Of course I notice a wheel bearing starting to make noise too.... Rear links were done in the spring. I was thinking subframe bushings which is apparently not an easy DIY job on this car. My Indy assures me they're fine but maybe I should have them done anyway. Then the alignment. -Curt Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:28:20 -0700 From: "Alex Chamberlain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MBZ] 124 squirrely rear, yet again To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On 10/25/07, Curt Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I await the answer on this one with much anticipation. My 190D also has gotten quite >squirrely in recent months. Well, after a week's driving after the alignment, I'm pretty confident that it's fixed. (Recap: my 124 was hopping sideways in the back over bumps, but I had ruled out the rear links, subframe mounts, and diff mounts). So it was the rear toe-in that caused the problem. Curt, since your car is squirrely all the time, I'd be more likely to suspect any and all parts in the rear end that haven't been changed in the last 100,000 miles or so. In my experience the bushings can pass the pry-bar test and still be bad. If any part of the suspension is not performing 100% up to spec, an alignment doesn't mean much, since the worn parts may allow all sorts of improper wheel movement relative to the body. The 201/124 multi-link rear suspension, I think, is a joy and a terrific safety feature when it's working right---it gives great traction in all road conditions, and manageably progressive loss of same at the limit---but when it's defective, it's a lot harder to diagnose than many people (including a lot of mechanics!) seem to think. Alex Chamberlain '87 300D Turbo et al. Alex Chamberlain __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
