[W126 Coupe] question about ball joints

[alal30319 at gmail.com]

The guide rod mount can cause this. I replaced these on my 560sec and let me
tell you. It was a whole pile of fun :-) but doable for the DIY'er.

On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Gary <garysalas at yahoo.com> wrote:


> going down a decline on the freeway at high speeds when i apply the brakes

> the front wheels shake alot.   i looked underneath and the right lower ball

> joint has some of the rubber cover torn off.  what could that mean...joint

> is bad...i moved the tire back and forth and it maybe moved an 1/8th, maybe

> 1/16 th of an inch.

>

> also noticed a bar that runs from the bottom of the wheel assembly, kinda

> of underneath the spring, then goes back into the frame, the rubber there is

> also deteriorated.  both sides have this bar.  would this be the idler arm

>

> as usual thanks for your help.

>

> The MB Coupes Website!

> W126 SEC Mailing List

> Postings remain property of MB Coupes, L.L.C.

>

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://www.pairlist.net/pipermail/mbcoupes/attachments/20100127/0d5e0592/attachment.html>