Originally Posted by silversleeves

You aren't afraid of big jobs! Go for it

Originally Posted by david s poole

okay,i work on benzes for a living so i should have already known this.my 88 300te wagon started making a clunk noise in the front and upon examination i find left side inner sway bar bushing somewhat torn up.after moving it back into the bracket and tightening i drive car and clunk gone.i look at the other 3 bushings and see no problems but i decide that i will replace all four of them and order the parts waiting for spare time to do the job[ha,ha] month later i go ahead and fit all new[4] bushings and notice that as i remove the outer ones on the lower control arm that despite being held tightly by the brackets they are both wallered out in the centre[which you can't see until they are off]anyway finish job[easy diy job with plenty of grease] and drive car WHAT A DIFFERENCE no more slight steering corrections car drives straight,seems to roll more easily down the road and the general dynamics of the front end remind me of when those cars were new.cheap job[under $30]with a very impressive bang for the bucks.previously i had only replaced the inner bushings as needed per customer complaints now i will replace all every time.

Originally Posted by OTTOBUNZ

Hey thanks...let me ask you something about a 300e front-end.

Mine has a little 'jiggling' feel in some component up there that I can feel in the st. wheel when I turn over a bump. It's rather slight so I dont really care, but I wonder if some bushing in the sway bar setup is the culprit and how you could test to see if that's it.

The tie-rods and b-joints all got replaced a little while ago so maybe some other bits are getting tired, like the sway bar bushings you found or something else up there.

Thx again.

Originally Posted by skinnison

had the same problem. replaced the bushings and the problem solved. When you get the car jacked up you can feel the play in the sway bar.