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Old 05-21-2004, 08:18 AM
stevebfl stevebfl is offline
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You need to get a better concept of what you are dealing with and what you are asking.

You are at the right place to find out. You should read for a couple days the posts on accumulators and how they make the suspension work. You shoul also note the concept of replacement as maintenance and also the discussion of the consequences of waiting till failure.

The rear struts have replaceable mounts at their upper attachment.

Unless the struts have been ruined by a year or two driving with bad accunulators the suspension will be cheaper to fix than to replace with a standard suspension. The parts are pretty cheap and fairly simple to replace if you DIY, if not, find a competent MB independent who undersatnds accumulators and its still cheaper.

To be most efficient in the repair I would look at it first but from experience I would replace the accumulators and see if the system works and doesn't leak. Then I would replace the strut mounts once I knew the struts had survived the event.
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