The past few weeks, I've noticed a rubbing noise in the front passenger-side of the car whenever I hit the bottom of a hill at normal speed. I assume it's the tire rubbing against the shock absorber (I haven't pulled the wheel yet to check).

The car also has been pulling to the right since I got it (even after an allignment).

So, I crawled under the 87 300e yesterday to examine the front suspension. I saw what appeared to be a hairline crack in one of the passenger-side control arm bushings, and saw that one of the driver-side bushings (right by the wheel but not sure what to call it) was totally shot.

Might these bushings be responsible for the mis-allignment? I plan on lifting the rear today to see the rear bushings as Bentley's states that worn rear suspension bushings causes "rear-end wander which requires minor steering correction while driving straight ahead."

Anybody get their allignment issues worked out by replacing their rear suspension bushings?

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