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Originally Posted by JimFreeh
..... but I recall looking into this....
I recall the cast arms were titanium, and were issued on the 500 and 560 models. Diesels and smaller engined cars had the stamped steel like the W123. My 85 500SEL euro car had these cast arms, so I don't think they are exclusive to the 86 and up redesign.
From what I could see, it appeared the cast arms (forged?) were interchangeable with the stamped steel.
I also recall this may involve a change in the way the disk caliper mounts, but it certainly looked like the cast W126 arms would xfer to the W123, if the different parts were also changed over.
Jim
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Thanks for your input Jim. I got that impression from the FSM as well - but I need to check out the geometry of the trailing arm to make sure all of the (redundant) anti-squat stuff isn't necessary. I'm also a bit concerned about dissimilar metal corrosion... so I'll have to look into that too. (Clarification:- bunging the old W123 steel bits onto the luxurious alloy casting may not be so smart - I don't know - I'll have to see).
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