I took my '64 190D to a Sears shop once for tires and they told me it needed new ball joints. I asked if they were sure it needed new ball joints because it didn't think it did. YEP, absulutely needed new ball joints.

Now just for you younger guys: MB didn't use ball joints until the 115s came out in '68. Up until then, the front ends had kingpins and bushings.

After I told the idiot behind the counter that the car didn't have ball joints, I chewed him out up and down. This was before Sears got in trouble for defrauding customers by telling them they needed new parts when they didn't.

Thinking back in retrospect, I should have told them to replace the ball joints and see what happened.

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