Bearing Bracket guide rod mount

[Jorn]

With the rain did a beautiful 360º on a onramp at the beginning on the first day of the new year. Hit a curb on the psg side, some front metal was bend and some of the suspension needs a rebuild, including the bushings bearing bracket guide rod mount. Does anyone know if the bushings bearing bracket guide rod mount is/was the same for the entire production run of the W126 or did they change it for the 2nd generation?

Thanks.




PeachPartsWiki: Suspension Bearing Bracket guide rod mount replacement

[Sugar Bear]

I don't know. Try putting in different years on the parts search and compare part #'s.

Good luck!!!

[Frank Reiner]

Gen I & Gen II guide rod mounts are interchangeable.
A change was made in 1981 to the rubber components, but does not affect interchangeability.

[Jorn]

Originally Posted by Frank Reiner

Gen I & Gen II guide rod mounts are interchangeable.
A change was made in 1981 to the rubber components, but does not affect interchangeability.

Thanks!

[Jorn]

Finally getting to doing the job, while I'm at it I'm replacing almost all the other bushings on the psg side. The old guide rod bushings (Febi, replacing with OEM Mercedes), the two bolts and guide rod itself were all bend or shot because me doing a 360º on the FW and hitting a barrier...

Everyone who has replaced the guide rod bushings knows what a $#it job this is. The nuts that come with the guide rod kit will almost always break with no room to get a good grip anymore on the nut.

So I modified a vice grip to make it doable. The first time I did this job, 6 years ago it took me hours, maybe even a day. With this modified vice grip, 10 minutes for both bushings. With the modified vice there is just enough room to get a grip on the nut. I used another, larger vice grip, to hold the smaller one in place. Hopes this will help anyone who has to do this job in the future.

Now trying to push the lower control arm bushing in...