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Old 07-23-2004, 07:37 PM
Phalcon51 Phalcon51 is offline
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The same thing happens on my '86 300E, but I know that it's the rear suspension arm bushings. Try this: when you jack up the rear wheel, put a long handled lug wrench on one of the bolts and lever it in both directions. If the bushings are worn, the whole wheel will move (a surprising amount, I might add), usually toward the front of the car, if remember correctly. On my car, at least, when the arms and bushings are replaced (they come as an assembly) the bolts have to be tightened with the arms in the same position that they are when on the ground under full weight, otherwise the bushings in the new arms will wear out prematurely. Yours may be different, I don't know, but I'm sure someone here does.

Don't forget to use the proper spring compressor if you do the job yourself.

Good luck with it.
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