Not technically correct.


""The part might be termed a "sway bar" (more properly "anti-sway"), but it is more than that. On most cars, you can remove the sway bar without affecting the basic steering and suspension - i.e. the way the wheels track the road. They are optional to minimize body leaning in turns. Not so on these cars. The sway bar also locates the upper ball joint fwd & aft, so is necessary to align the front wheel. '"--- Bill Grissom

General mechanical knowledge and nomenclature pause....

As Bill mentioned this is a combo unit....
but in the past ' torsion bar' was a NON COILED spring.... usually placed lengthwise with the car... it took the place of coiled springs.... Mid sixties Plymouths were a good example of this... saves a lot of room around the suspension components...

The Mercedes 230 SL also had this.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIuo82fubVA

as these are sometimes used interchangeably ... and sometimes not precisely correctly.... thought I would bring up the bigger picture for people to be aware of when reading about suspensions...

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1980 240d ,

chain elongation, cam marks reference:
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/10414-help-i-need-check-stretch.html

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/305365-9-degrees-chain-stretch.html

evap fin cleaning:

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/156207-photo-step-step-post-showing-w123-evaporator-removal-1983-240d-1982-300td.html?highlight=evaporator

A/C thread

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/297462-c-recommendations-mb-vehicles.html

Baum Tools called it a torsion bar... have seen it called a swaybar... it is confusing.

I hope everything works out ok.

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1991 300D