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Old 09-05-2016, 04:58 AM
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Originally Posted by leathermang View Post
Does his car have ' crush ' rings on the front wheels ?
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Originally Posted by charmalu View Post
Haven`t heard of a Crush Ring for the front wheel on a W123, What is it?

The rear wheel bearings have a crush seal or washer.
Indeed on th back the "fit only once" bearings have a crush ring spacer thing much like the differential pinions. The front wheel bearings are adjusted by simple screw tightening - it is, however, quite easy to bugger up this adjustment and not have the correct bearing clearance.

(But for the case of this thread I'd be looking at the knackered ball joint first)
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