Thanks Bob, I fear my front struts are getting ready to go on my '93 300D 2.5 T. I have a consistent squeaky noise that seems to happen everytime my tire makes a complete revolution while I'm driving. I remember being told to get ready to replace them a year ago, but with work and such I was only able to do the rear shocks, rather than the front struts. This writeup will help immensely, I do have the manuals and can look up your torque values with them. I'll post what I find, and my replacement job too... Thanks