I have a '95 E300D 124 body, Which I believe is the same 124 body as yours. I live in Montreal, and my Independent mechanic just replaced both my tie rods this week. The tie rod cost 60.00 CDN each. A wheel alignment for $48.00 CDN followed.

At least for my car, and maybe yours as well since its a 124 body, they can change the tie rods very easily. In fact, the mechanic initially replaced only one of the tie-rods by removing the wheel and banging with a hammer a bit. When finished he moved the car to the wheel alignment bay, but when he tried to do the wheel alignment he discovered that he could not get the old tie-rod to move.

After struggling for 15 minutes, he told me that it will be cheaper just to replace the second tie-rod as well. He said he can do it while the wheel alignment equipment is still attached, and does not even have to remove any wheel. He was right. It took 30 Minutes for a new tie-rod to arrive, 15 minutes to install it, and 45 Min. to do the wheel alignment

Piece of cake.

Phil

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'95 E300 Diesel, 264,000 Miles. [Sold it]