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Originally Posted by samiam44
My hunch is that's marketing with the service advisors...
I knew a mb alignment tech and they never strapped them down. The did use a spreader bar which is the key. Since most cars are driven msot of the time with only a driver... weighting the drivers seat makes sense- body or ballast. Not sure how they are going to "strap" to simulate that weight distribution- think about it.
Read the W124 manual... nothing about strapping one down there either=0)
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Spreader bar.....yeah. The indie did not do my alignment, it was a different shop. He had to take a torch and hammer to get things moving. Apparently, the PO never did an alignment. I was the first one to do it in years based on how things were rusted together.
One of those old Benz mysteries I guess. Who knows. Worn steering gears transmitting unusually high amounts of vibration that a new steering box would not? Crap like that? Probably stuck with it
The indie never recommended bearings, the tire shop did. I declined the repair, hence the reason for my post about it