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Originally Posted by Zulfiqar
I recently changed the ball joints on a W124. It too had the spooky steering on the highway - he had it checked by about 8 shops including a benz shop - who all checked it with wheel hanging - the correct way is to compress the spring (jack under control arm) and then lever the joint to check play.
For any odd reason you find the boot is ripped on the ball joint - immediately purchase a new joint, its far cheaper than paying tow, bodywork, upper strut mount and labor.
btw - the ball joints I changed out were really bad, one was sloppy and one was nearly siezed (rusted in place) car was a 2.8 300E.
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Just out of curiosity, can you elaborate on spooky steering? My 124 loves to pull to the road crown. I've had it at a number of different shops. Alignment is in spec, even tweaked a bit to try to compensate for the crown. It was great at one point in time but *something* changed and I'm not sure what.
The ball joints and LCA bushings were changed and now have 90K on them. Not sure of brand though.
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