[W126 Coupe] Problem with 1990 560 SEC

[Mister McGoo]

Tom and Stephen, 
 
What you are describing on your 1990 SEC is essentially the same  with all SEC's from 1982 through 1991.  Furthermore, many cars "suffer" from the same kind of non-alignment of the steering wheel.  
 
The worst car that I ever drove was a mid-eighties Camaro.  Not only was the steering wheel cocked off-centre and off-parallel to the dash, but the driver's seat was not directly behind the steering wheel. So you were reaching to the left to grasp the wheel.  I imagine that after a day, you wouldn't even notice that either.  (I'm assuming that someone would actually drive a Camaro for more than a day.)  - Bellamy
 


To: mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 23:12:53 -0500
From: aztecpilot at aol.com
Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Problem with 1990 560 SEC

Stephen,

The steering column (and the steering wheel) on my 1990 SEC is mounted at about a three degree angle from the front to back center line of the car. That means the left side of the wheel is about a half inch closer to the dash board as compared to the right side. This will seem odd at first, but after a while one doesn't notice it. It seems Benz in fact did manufacture them in this manner. By the way, many other cars have a slight angular offset of the steering column.

Best Regards,

Tom Seitz










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I appreciate the response and will look into why this is.  The problem is that the left side of the Steering Wheel is closer to the dash than the right.  I find it odd if Mercedes made them this way, however time will tell.  I will provably take the care to the Dealer shortly.  

Stephen

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Sent: Wednesday, February 9, 2011 11:43:30 AM
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If the car drives straight, even if the steering wheel is cocked left. I suspect someone at some point may have removed the steering wheel and not centered it correctly.  If it drive straight you could attempt to correct this by removing the steering wheel and repositioning it.  That would be my thought. As we had a 420Sel that came that way, and after back and forth with the dealer. I called an alignment shop here in town that does work for another dealer. The guy on the phone made the suggestion about removing the steering wheel to correct it if the car dove straight but yet the wheel was cocked if that makes sense. Anyway, I removed the wheel and move it to the correct position, no problems. Even after an alignment was done some 80K miles later for when I had the brake struts replaced. Not needed but was done as a precaution. had no issues. But someone else may chime in that its something else.  
 
Jason 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: stephenw2 at comcast.net 
To: mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com 
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 2:54 AM
Subject: [W126 Coupe] Problem with 1990 560 SEC



I just purchased a 1990 560 SEC with 136k miles in great condition all around with all recommended servicing complete.  However, I have one problem thus far: 
 
It looks as if the steering column is twisted to the left.  In other words, when I place my hands at 10 & 2 o'clock position on the steering wheel, my left hand is closer to the dash than my right hand.  I called a dealer, they said it's possible it could be fixed or not and that it could be a bolt in the steering column causing the column to rotate.  
 
Has anyone experienced this before? 
 
Sincerely,


Stephen




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