My rear links that control toe were so worn that I had 4 wheel steering.
Deceleration in a curve made for serious oversteer.
Give it a bit of throttle, and it would switch to understeer.

Exactly the opposite of what one would really want!

For the record, the 2 pairs of links (3 shown- the other one was cut into bits) are called "Thrust Arm" and "Control Arm Stay"

Check out them bushings:

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1986 300E 5-Speed 240k mi.

Yup, those sure look familiar!

The inner bushing on the torque link (control arm stay) on the 300D was actually floating around, the rubber was mostly gone. Thrust link bushings were off center like yours. Makes for very scary driving on wet pavement, especially if you only do one side like I did for a long time. I forget now and go WAY too fast on wet roads....

The thrust links on the TE were going -- squeaked terribly once I replaced the bad mufflers and could hear it, haven't replaced the torque links yet (still in the box in the garage, painting the house took up all my time last week). Lots of "rumble" on rough roads, expect that to vanish when I get them in.

You also loose quite a bit of noise in the rear suspension when you replace those two links.

For some reason, the camber links dont' seem to wear out like that.

Peter

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1972 220D ?? miles
1988 300E 200,012
1987 300D Turbo killed 9/25/07, 275,000 miles
1985 Volvo 740 GLE Turobodiesel 218,000
1972 280 SE 4.5 165, 000 - It runs!