Nice one martureo!

I don't advocate your comment about steering box adjustment - but otherwise this is a nice addition to the general knowledge here.

Do you know if the second generation W126 steering boxes are of the W201 / W124 ilk (W201 steering box refresh and adjust)? If so people might come across the aluminium alloy bodied casings - which I am sure should not be fixed to the chassis with the torque specified above or in the FSM.

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Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

Which part? I'm up for a second opinion.According to 46-010 (differentiation of steering gears) the "light alloy" casings were only on w201 chassis. w126 models seem to have the more common casting.

According to 46-3400 (Installation of steering gear for w124) the torque values are the same 70-80 Nm, which I converted roughly to 50-60 ft lb.

I don't have a FSM for the w201 and I don't have any information which would correspond to the installation for those boxes, but I think it might be safe to torque them to the same value as w123/w126 and w124 boxes.

EDIT: I found it. 46-0001 (Survey of steering gears) shows that the w201 boxes are unique to that chassis. There is mention of an aluminum housing and an iron housing for that chassis, but as stated before I don't have any w201 specific manuals so I couldn't tell if the torque values are different.

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