I tried to do tie rod ends on the 240D a couple months back and ended up having to do the whole assemblies by the end.

It was my fault. I was having a shop do it and ordered the parts for them "in advance" so I could drop them off with the car. Ordered Lemfoerder ends knowing them to be a good name.

Shop calls me and says it won't work because they have four rod ends all the same length in the parts boxes, but the tie rods under the car need a short one and a long one. Apparently it was some other brand of tie rod assembly that used a short end and a long end, and the Lemforder ones are (apparently) too short to fulfill the "long" requirement.

It was taking up room at their facility and I had to do something so I just ordered two assemblies and sent back the ends. I do not know what brand the old one was (they put it in their scrap pile and I didn't ask) but evidently you also have to know the correct shank length on those things in addition to knowing which threads you need.

Live and Learn.

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~Michael S.~
Past cars:

1986 300SDL
1987 300SDL
1982 240D
1982 300SD


Current:

1987 300SDL