[W126 Coupe] rear sway bar links

[Hugh MacGregor]

Hi Jonathan
 
My coupe is 1986 vintage, I guess I'll go the SLS ram/rear shock buffers(new,thicker type).
Do you stock Them ?  Also the potentiometer for the dash lights, is this a instrument panel out fix?
 
Thanks again
 
Hugh MacGregor
hugh587 at hotmail.com


Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:28:50 -0400From: jhodgman at gmail.comTo: mbcoupes at mbcoupes.comSubject: Re: [W126 Coupe] rear sway bar links
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.JonathanHugh MacGregor 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


From: chwilka at comcast.netTo: mbcoupes at mbcoupes.comDate: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:21:43 -0400Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] rear sway bar links





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




From: mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com [mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com] On Behalf Of Markus MeyerSent: Friday, September 28, 2007 11:17 AMTo: mbcoupes at mbcoupes.comSubject: [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 Meyermfm at meyerprobateproperties.comwww.meyerprobateproperties.comMeyer Probate & Properties, LLC484-919-9762

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