Peter Frederick wrote:
At the risk of stepping on Marshal's toes, yes. Bad links show up in
three ways -- excessive outer side tire wear (camber control link and
spring link bushing wear), groans on turns from the rear, or squeaks
(thrust links) and excessive suspension noise directly under
Sounds like it needs new shocks in the rear...not much money and easy to
swap out. The shifting problem is likely a cable adjustment.
Jeff Zedic
Toronto
Needs rear shocks, not expensive and easy to replace.
Peter
Hendrik Riessen wrote:
I had a look at a 86 230E over the weekend, at an asking price of AU$3500
and with 240k on the clock it sounded like a good replacement for the 200
which recently was in an accident and is now officially on death row.
Anyway the colour was a nice light blue and was in
Marshall,
I've had some unusual wear on my rear tires in the '90 300D and the car has
a bit of squirrelyness to it. The outside of the rear tires wore very
quickly. Could worn out links cause this? Could you be a little more
specific on which links you mean. There are an awful lot of links and
Ralph W wrote:
Marshall,
I've had some unusual wear on my rear tires in the '90 300D and the car has
a bit of squirrelyness to it. The outside of the rear tires wore very
quickly. Could worn out links cause this? Could you be a little more
specific on which links you mean. There are an awful
At the risk of stepping on Marshal's toes, yes. Bad links show up in
three ways -- excessive outer side tire wear (camber control link and
spring link bushing wear), groans on turns from the rear, or squeaks
(thrust links) and excessive suspension noise directly under the rear
seat (torque
The new links have a smaller hole and a new bolt with a twelve point
socket head. You will need the driver (you can get them cheap).
Replacing the torque, thrust, and camber links is fairly easy (inner
end of the torque link is a pain to reach). Any signs of off center
bolts or threads of
