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Old 05-10-2011, 09:00 PM
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Chicago area, soon to be in lower taxed area
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Thx Army

I have a 90 day warranty on the alignment, so I have a little time left.

My local Mercedes dealer said the alignment charge would be $159.95, which, if done correctly, is something that I will probably go for. Do both your wheels lean in the direction of the turn? That is what I am trying to determine, so that I can talk to the people who did the work originally.

My outside wheel (outside on the direction of the turn) is literally straight up and down whether I turn left or right. I took it to the largest dealer in Chicago, and they want to put it on the rack, and the service manager did not know the answer to my question. DO THE WHEELS BOTH LEAN IN THE DIRECTION OF THE TURN?

By the way Army, there are two great resources for do it yourselfers. For $12.95 you can get a one year subscription from Mercedes to see the parts diagrams on ALL of their cars called startekinfo. This helps when you want to see how things fit together. The other is alldatadiy which you can subscribe to for 5 years for $46 or so. They show you how to do a lot of this stuff, plus they have torque values, plus they show the hours alloted for the repairs. This way you can judge the value of the deal if you take the car to a shop or dealer. This is money well spent, as there is a lot of information on the internet that is just plain wrong. The subscription price I mentioned is just for one car. You may need to talk to a dealer to be sure you pick the right car from the list (there are hundreds). My vehicle is a CAR, and it is a 123.123 240D Japanese and US market car, NORTH AMERICAN market. SEE LINK CORRECTION UNDER MY POST BELOW: STARTEK INFO

These subscriptions are well worth the money (both are about $21 per year if you do the 5 year on alldata.

I have tried looking at photos, and all sorts of ways to confirm that the wheels should both tilt in the direction of the turn.

Regards,

Last edited by rickmay; 05-11-2011 at 07:14 PM.
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