I am just starting to sort out the issues on my new-to-me 87 190d 2.5td. It has a really bad alignment issue.

Looking at the wheels from the front of the car, i noticed that the driver's wheel was pointing more "outward" than the passenger side wheel.

I looked underneath and noticed that the connection between the wheel assembly and the actual sway bar had moved (part of the sway bar is shiny metal where the connection used to be). I suspect the previous owner hit a curb or a pothole in a bad way.

Question- what is the best way to correct this situation? If i raise the wheel, will I be able to push it back to the proper position by hand? Perhaps I could park the car against a curb and turn the wheel to the left using the curb as a lever. What do you guys think? Any other ideas? Thanks

maybe if i took it for an alignment, the shop will have the proper tools to force the wheel back in the proper position?

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Ben
1987 190d 2.5Turbo