When I replaced the rear door check straps in my '87 300D-T (W124, OM603), I looked at the old ones with a view to rebuilding. In the end, however, I decided that the metal-on-metal wear that had occurred over 20 years had made that improbable. And as has been said, they are not that expensive, $35 for both rears in my car.

Jeremy

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"Buster" in the '95

Our all-Diesel family
1996 E300D (W210) . .338,000 miles Wife's car
2005 E320 CDI . . 113,000 miles My car
Santa Rosa population 176,762 (2022)
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . 627,762
"Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz."
-- Janis Joplin, October 1, 1970