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Old 06-23-2017, 02:31 PM
Junkman Junkman is offline
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What 911 said. The LCA bushings must be oriented correctly when installed or adjustment range can be different than factory specified.

ALSO, I had one shop give me an SD back with the camber adjustment maxed out to one side or the other ie \\ or // I forgot which. The tech noted that "car can't be adjusted". He should have added "by him".

What happens is caster adjustment affects camber adjustment and vice versa. This guy set one adjustment, then the next then checked his original setting and it had changed. He chased his tail all over the place until he gave up.

If your bushing(s) were installed wrong, then the remedy is to cut them out and start again with a new set of Lemforder bushings. New LCA bushings should be able to be adjusted right in the middle of spec probably with equal range on either side. The car should handle like a new Mercedes if you have all bushings and ball joints in spec - especially if all are new.

Accept no less. I can only imagine what a shop would charge for this. Did you have them address brakes at the same time? You should because the only extra labor would be if they charged for installing new caliper hoses and inserting new pads into the calipers.
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