Hello Everyone
When you get replacement steering parts; do you get them with or without nipples?

Without nipples is OEM standard.
With nipples is after market.

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1985 300SD
1983 300D
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Nipples are good...

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Whunter,

I like women with nipples. So they must be aftermarket ones.

P E H

whunter, where do you get the stuff with grease zerks, especially for the old stuff like daBenz? It gets tiring holding the needle on the grease gun after a while. Thanks in advance.

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daBenz - 1970 220D

Your local parts-R-us store.
Several after market companies make them.
Have a great day.

you can grease the joint and it seems to last longer.

You can over grease the joint; and split the dust boot.
Road junk can break the nipple off.
The nipple can become plugged.
On my 1985 300SD, I was forced to replace two nipples that where less than three weeks old, both nipples took a road junk impact.

whunter, most of my local yahoos won't even try ("Mercedes? Mercedes diesel? When did they start that? You want me to find a part for a 35 year old car?"). NAPA doesn't have them in their books, either. This site and the good people on it keep daBenz alive. I wish the ends were bigger, so I could braze a nut on the inside of the cap to screw a zerk into. Seems too tight to me, at least for my ends.

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daBenz - 1970 220D

NAPA does have them in their books, if you know where and how to look.
Blast; I hate it when lazy parts people lie...
I will try to make contact with Moog and others, for you.
Send me a list of what parts you want.

I agree, i work at napa and i get "oh the napa in ##### didn't have a listing for that, and i think "idoits losing buisiness because one person is too lazy or ignorant to look in a bloody book."

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Roy, this would make a good sticky

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1950 170SD
1951 Citroen 11BN
1953 Citroen 11BNF limo
1953 220a project
1959 180D
1960 190D
1960 Borgward Isabella TS 2dr
1983 240D daily driver
1983 380SL
1990 350SDL daily driver alt
3 x Citroen DS21M, down from 5
3 x Citroen 2CV, down from 6

My first MB, a 180D, had more than 30 grease fittings. I always asked how much for a grease job first. I always watched and made sure they greased all the fittings because some were behind panels that had to be taken off to get at them.

That's a long way from the way cars are made now.

P E H

I just bought a 180D, gotta look for those fittings

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1950 170SD
1951 Citroen 11BN
1953 Citroen 11BNF limo
1953 220a project
1959 180D
1960 190D
1960 Borgward Isabella TS 2dr
1983 240D daily driver
1983 380SL
1990 350SDL daily driver alt
3 x Citroen DS21M, down from 5
3 x Citroen 2CV, down from 6

whunter, you might be taking your wife out to dinner for this one. I want to check to see if there are any part numbers stamped on them, and daBenz's building is still snowed in, so I will get in touch in a month or so (got another foot of the white stuff this week).

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daBenz - 1970 220D

I need a graphic parts break out or part names.
Why wait for snow melt?