7:30 AM tomorrow, my shop is going to check alignment, hopefully, with me watching, and they will also give me a printout. I also read whunters WHEEL ALIGNMENT DIY DATA. Everything on my car is GOOD, except my rear sway bar links. They are quite bad. I am going to check the differential mount tomorrow, along with the trailing arm bushings even though the latter is not on Mr. Hunter's list. I checked the ride height today using the 300D specs, which are 760mm to the bottom of the hood at the headlight and the bottom of the trunk lid. Since all four were spot on my 240D, I for now am assuming that my 240D has the same spec. See the following:

http://www.majhost.com/gallery/legomech/CarBlueprints/MBZ-Blueprints/blueprint-123-1.jpg

Since my ride height looks spot on, I am not sure that the rear sway bar links will make a major difference. When the shop reported back to me, they also relayed the following:
The guide rod is the caster adjustment. Sam said he did mark everything on the front end. Even so the alignment machine will pick up the caster specs and we adjust accordingly. Jay said the caster adjustment is at its full limit (all the way in) and it is still out of spec.
I guess they felt no need to report this if I did not say anything. They therefore, have MAX positive caster, which is hard to believe when the car has never been in an accident.


I am interested in seeing what spec they used on caster because of the following article reports that if the castor is too positive, the steering will be heavy and the steering wheel may kick when you hit a bump. I have thought that many bumps come a little too hard.

http://www.anewtoronto.com/wheel%20alignment.html

One other observation, is that when I looked at the front end, I also noticed that the springs seemed somewhat twisted-looking. I occasionally get a noise up there that sounds like a spring moving a little. I am going to look at that tomorrow, and will take a picture(s). With the ride height correct and most everything new, it would seem my springs should be OK (except that they were perfectly straight before). (Also, one of the drains on the lower spring cup was at a high point.)

Do you think I would be insulting if I asked to put my 340 degree laser level on one of their pads to check their alignment platform?

Skippy, because of your comment, I have to ask if you live near Sea World?

If anyone has any thoughts on the springs, let's wait to see if the shop can answer to everyone's curiosity. Should be tomorrow. Hopefully, enlightenment will happen tomorrow.

Thank you all thus far.