Oh wow. I wasn't aware. THis is clearly a major fail point after a while then. Unless you consider an LCA which lasts for 30 years a success. I guess I would. I just hate to have to pay my mech for this labor. Looks like a pain to remove this LCA. I would bet he wants two hours' worth of labor. I'm tempted to buy a pair of new rear shocks while I'm at it, but I don't feel like paying for 4 hours' worth of labor. I'd do it myself, but it looks harder to do than the one on my 190e. That one was cake compared to this. I'm going to take the advice and keep driving it for now. He welded it all the way, plus welded two rectangular spare peices of metal as braces. My big fear is that as I drive on the freeway one day, BOOM!

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