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I still think its much more fun to remove the entire contents of the engine compartment and replace the whole bar! None of this "band-aid" stuff.....
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I did a repair on a 123 a number of years back. I cut off the broken stub plus the thickness of the head of the bolt I welded on to the sway bar.
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I would suspect that if the shoulder of the repair end was within 1/8" of where the shoulder of the bar was, you wouldn't need to do a realiagnment. But if the car is old enough to need this repair, it probably needs an aliagnment anyway.
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Repair still holding up, although car hasn't seen many miles in the last few weeks as it's awaiting a replacement of the K2 drum in the trans (which I just got via UPS today).
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Hi Pete,
My repair is still going strong too. (25,000 miles) I used a 5/8" o.d. stainless steel tube instead of the plastic, but otherwise the same.
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when I removed my old sway to replace, I discovered that the other side had already been fixed by welding a bolt to it. dont know how long it was on there, but it was still very strong.
at $128 for the repair kit, I assume that it includes both sides???? and will it fit the thicker wagon sway, or only for the sedans?? I am pretty sure the wagons are 2 mm thicker diameter, if I recall correctly. and on a 123, if yer spending that much money, a new sway is really not too hard to do. I did mine+ the first valve job I had ever done on my MBZ in about 6.5 hours. a 126 would be a different story. a dealer 123.193(300TD) sway was $207+ the bushings and hardware.
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Hi Mo,
Mine broke when driving home on a friday and the MB was my only driver at the time. At that time, I didn't even know about the kit. I had to fix it by the next Monday. When I just checked the other side, it broke too. With the stainless steel bolt and stainless steel sleeve, I think it is better than new.
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Thanks Brian, WD8CDH. It's been a while. I'll be here sort of infrequently, but more than the last year or so, depends. I SHOULD be downstairs, fixing my transmission that only lasted 25K with my rebuild. However, I stopped driving it before I munched anything. What failed was my somewhat risky welding on the K2 clutch drum. The dealer wanted $700 for a K2 drum begged out of Germany. I got a perfect NEW K2 drum from http://wesellhardparts.com This place rocks. Hope to have it back on the road soon.
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Is the sway bar one-piece from left to right or are they 2 separate pieces?
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The sway bar is one large piece on the W123/W126
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My repair is still holding strong. About 55,000 miles.
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WD, when u said SS steel, I'm assuming you were referring to the QP1000 Baum Tools piece?
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This is Beyond Awesome--is rear sway bar the same?!?
I bow down!
Could I do this fix with the rear wheels or is this not advisable for some rear wheel drive (or other) reason? Thanks!
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