Hi,

After reading Nic's post about redoing suspension parts, I am considering doing the steering damper. I am a pretty tall, big guy, so messing around under the car is kind of tough for me, my arms tend to be too long, etc., but anyway, I like to do as much stuff as I can. Things like all the tie rods I think are best left to someone who has a lift, its kind of hard for me with my jackstands. Overall the suspension in my car seems pretty good, but the steering is a bit lacking. I figure if I change the steering damper, and lube everything up, it may help somewhat.

Could someone outline the procedure to replace the steering damper on a 123, including torque values if possible? Also, are there any other parts that would be reccomended to be replaced because either they have to come off when the steering damper comes off, or because they will cause the new damper to go bad really quick?

Also, could someone give me an outline of what all I should lube on my 300D? I have never tried it on this car, but I assume there are just a bunch of zerk fittings. Does anyone know how many there are? Would it be possible to get a list of how many and their approximate locations? I would like to do a full front and rear (if it is possible on these cars) lube job.
Thanks in advance for the help,

JMH

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