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Originally Posted by my89bnz
I have a 1989 560SL with 90,000 miles. I've been having a few issues recently with 'play' in my steering & some clunking sounds underneath. My mechanic is telling me one of the things to replace is my steering box, among others. I have only owned this car 6 years & have already replaced the steering box two times. (I do not know if they replaced it with a rebuilt or new one- my assumption is rebuilt because it was NOT a huge amount of $$). However he's telling me that it's something that goes bad on these cars quite a bit. Has anyone else had this problem 'frequently'? Just wanting to be sure before I spend LOTS of $$ on a new one! Thanks
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Your symptoms sound like a worn-out steering shaft coupler... Like the fellow said earlier, the boxes are not noted as a failure-prone item. I suggest you look elsewhere before changing the box out yet a third time. I have 107,000 on my 560SL, all with the original steering box and shaft coupler.