I'm not familiar with your car - I've got a W123 - but I know that there are different sized torsion bars for the station and the sedan... may be you've got the wrong part?

Searching on Fast Lane gives this

http://catalog.peachparts.com/searchitem.epc?cookieID=32L0I7MU032L0I7MTZ

Do your parts look the same? Sorry I can't help more.

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

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