Oh I forgot to say... there is one check that is worthwhile doing. It is documented in the FSM chapter 46-520 - there is a maximum permissible difference in height between the Pitman arm and the idler arm => 4mm.

You can check this height fairly accurately with the car on a level surface and a spirit level (attached to an appropriate straight length of wood / metal).

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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

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!