Hi again,
Strife makes an excellent point - my car has over 165K on it, and when I worked on it I checked the ball joints, they were all in perfect condition. I had to buy another lower control arm, from a wrecking yard, and the ball joint on it was fine also. The inner bushings were also ok. The subframe mounts came out in about three pieces each, and both motor mounts were broken... When you replace the subframe mounts, be sure to place the white plastic piece in correctly - it goes in the hole underneath the mount.

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Richard Wooldridge
'01 ML320
'82 300D 4.3L V6/T700R4 conversion
'82 380SL, '86 560SL engine/trans. installed
'79 450SL, digital servo update
'75 280C