I'm in the process of rebuilding the front suspension on my 1988 300 SEL (W126) and I hve a couple of questions.

First, is it essential to replace the eccentric pins on the lower control arms. The ones I removed look pretty good, no rust, still somewhat shiny.

Second, I thought the guide rod mount kit came with new bolts to mount the subframe bearing bracket to the chassis? My kit did not come with these bolts, is this normal.

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If the eccentric pins look good, reuse them.

New bolts come with loctite on them, you can reuse the old bolts if you clean and reapply loctite.

Jim

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