[W126 Coupe] rear sway bar links

[Jonathan]

Hugh,
What year is your coupe?  If it's 87 or earlier you have a different 
style rear suspension.  If you do have clunking over bumps try swapping 
out your SLS ram/rear shock buffers for the new/thicker replacements.

The potentiometer for the lights does often fail...some have had luck 
cleaning them, but I have had limited success often finding them simply 
worn out..thus new is the answer.


Jonathan

Hugh Ma
cGregor wrote:

>

> Hi All !

>  

> I just read Chet Hwilka's great description "how to fix things that go 

> bump"  I jacked up my 1986 560sec , Lo' and behold, I don't seem to 

> have these sway bar links. All I can see is a torsion bar connecting 

> the rear hubs to the SLS switch. Am I looking in the right place ?  

> Also I seem to have lost my instrument panel lights, The fuses all 

> look good - I'm wondering if the instrument light dimmer switch/ 

> odometer cancelling switch is gone south! And if so, what's the fix! 

> Thanks in advance for any help .

>  

> Hugh MacGregor

>

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>     From: chwilka at comcast.net

>     To: mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com

>     Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:21:43 -0400

>     Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] rear sway bar links

>

>     http://mywebpages.comcast.net/chwilka/things_that_go_bump_in_the_rear.htm

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>     *From:* mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com

>     [mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com] *On Behalf Of *Markus Meyer

>     *Sent:* Friday, September 28, 2007 11:17 AM

>     *To:* mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com

>     *Subject:* [W126 Coupe] rear sway bar links

>

>      

>

>     Hi guys,

>

>      

>

>     Can someone point me to how to replace the rear sway

>     bar/stabilizer links?  I looked through the 126 CDs and no

>     explicit section for that.  I see the obvious connection at the

>     top of the link to the sway bar with the nut to remove and take

>     off there.  But on the bottom, it seems to connect somehow to the

>     hub/wheel housing and I can't tell how?  Is it just screwed in

>     there with the threads so after taking the top off you unscrew it

>     at the bottom?  Or, is there a nut hidden somewhere I can't get to

>     which needs to come off - meaning the whole hub has to come

>     apart?  I can't image its that difficult.

>

>      

>

>     Any tips on doing this so nothing gets stripped in the process -

>     like prelubing the connections or using special tools, etc?

>

>      

>

>     Thanks in advance,

>

>     Markus Meyer

>     mfm at meyerprobateproperties.com <mailto:mfm at meyerprobateproperties.com>

>     www.meyerprobateproperties.com

>     <http://www.meyerprobateproperties.com/>

>     Meyer Probate & Properties, LLC

>     484-919-9762

>

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