My son was pulling out of the school parking lot when the RF BJ broke,
causing a bit of a problem. He was not going that fast and somehow
managed to pull into a parking lot across the street. I ended up
redoing the whole front suspension as the rubber bits were shot, and the
failure caused a
Allan Streib wrote:
> So, the recent discussion of ball joint failure has me wondering, is
> there a way to detect a worn ball joint before it fails? I have some
> noises in the 300D front end but it seems to be right on the firewall
> so I'm thinking it's the track rods.
>
> How would I check fo
they make a pretty nasty
noise once they are dry (related to turning the steering wheel).
Yep, that's what's goin' on with my '83 300sD (right front) right now. As
soon as the budget permits, I'm planning to replace the offending joint.
While I'm on the subject, should I just replace both of t
to fix my Benzes up.
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From: "Allan Streib" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 2:13 AM
Subject: [MBZ] wheels falling off
So, the recent discussion of ball joint failure has me wondering, is
there a way to detect a worn ball joint
It seems than at Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:43:36 -0400, Allan wrote:
> So, the recent discussion of ball joint failure has me wondering, is
> there a way to detect a worn ball joint before it fails? I have some
> noises in the 300D front end but it seems to be right on the firewall
> so I'm thinking it
shop for an oil change and ask him to check anything that I have
doubts about.
Randy
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Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 12:05 PM
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] wheels falling off
Very s
Streib
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 11:44 AM
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: [MBZ] wheels falling off
So, the recent discussion of ball joint failure has me wondering, is
there a way to detect a worn ball joint before it fails? I have some
noises in the 300D front end but it seems to be right
i've always seen techs check for play every time the car is up in the air.
On 6/13/07, Allan Streib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
So, the recent discussion of ball joint failure has me wondering, is
there a way to detect a worn ball joint before it fails? I have some
noises in the 300D front end
So, the recent discussion of ball joint failure has me wondering, is
there a way to detect a worn ball joint before it fails? I have some
noises in the 300D front end but it seems to be right on the firewall
so I'm thinking it's the track rods.
How would I check for worn ball joints, or other wea
