Take a look at this pdf walkthrough. It's really informative and I give credit to the guy who originally wrote it-- he did a great job. It's for a w201, but the rear subframes are essentially the same.

part 1:
http://www.dot7design.com/mercedes/W201_190D_subframe1.pdf

and part 2:
http://www.dot7design.com/mercedes/W201_190D_subframe2.pdf

I ended up removing the ENTIRE rear end, which means removing the springs and shocks. But following the pdf's above, you wouldn't have to do this.

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