Ha!! Well, then apparently I knew more than the damn service people at the dealer. I was really surprised when they corrected me and said it was a rack. Enitirely possible they would assume it's the same as the 210, but one would think they are properly educated. Then again, with staff turnover, there probably aren't any service advisors in there now who were working with MBs in recirc-ball days.

Anywho, it does indeed feel like a whole new steering setup. I posted mainly as food for thought, since it's not a super-common "repair" (enhancement?)

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former: 83 300D, 97 C230, 93 400E

current: 08 C300 Luxury , 92 500SL