with the car back on wheels I seated a helper behind the wheel and myself on the ground and had him put it in and out of gear in order to create some forces in the rearaxle assembly.

These bushing are the first thing i can see flex when shifting force directions which means the whole subframe is moving up and down by about 15mm total.
Surely this cant be normal?

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/Per

MB E300TDT -98