!!! Front end failure, nelp asap W126 - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

LandYaghtLover · #1 11-01-2010, 10:16 PM

Crap. Well the kit makes repair very easy. BUT and this is a BIG one. The new bushings provided were far too soft for me. Both sides had the front bushing pull through to the back making the bushing disc rest on the upper control arm. Not a good thing. Then someone said that the upper control arm can get beat up and the opening expanded. Bull. So now I have a crap URO upper that I am just waiting to fall off.

If your old ones are in decent shape, use them for the forward bushing or get some from another source like I eventually did. They were $1.10 each and MUCH stiffer than the kit ones that felt like jelly.

sky44 · #2 05-14-2011, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by LandYaghtLover

Crap. Well the kit makes repair very easy. BUT and this is a BIG one. The new bushings provided were far too soft for me. Both sides had the front bushing pull through to the back making the bushing disc rest on the upper control arm. Not a good thing. Then someone said that the upper control arm can get beat up and the opening expanded. Bull. So now I have a crap URO upper that I am just waiting to fall off.

If your old ones are in decent shape, use them for the forward bushing or get some from another source like I eventually did. They were $1.10 each and MUCH stiffer than the kit ones that felt like jelly.

not to resurrect an old thread, but is this still an issue with these bushings?