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Originally Posted by R Leo
On a Benz, the problem you describe is almost directly attributable to a bad subframe bushing...probably the left one.
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Thanks. That's what my reasoning tells me too. It is appreciated to have confirmation
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Originally Posted by toomany MBZ
Sounds like a half shaft issue to me. When acceleration forces are applied to one side only, will cause a "steering" condition to occur. Checking all bushings a good idea.
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I'm not sure I follow. Are you suggesting that only one rear tire is getting torque/drag from the engine? Or that it is uneven due to a differential problem? Or is there some other half shaft type problem you're thinking of?
What should I check/What kinds of things should I look for?
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Originally Posted by barry123400
I would perhaps be quite suspicious if the car drove fine for fifty miles and reverted to it's former ways...
get this car up on a hoist and check out alll suspension components. You mught check your upper sway bar mounts, bushings etc...
make sure no suspension point is semi mobile because of invisible rust hidden under the undercoat...
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Yeah, you and me both Barry,.. I'm very suspicious of the change after a few miles
The car creaks in the back as I jack up the front to work on it. I hadn't gotten to looking into why just yet. Now I think of it, its probably related :doh: (where's the simpson doh smilie when you need it?).
I only checked one sway bar mount on the front.. it was OK. I'll check the other on the front and the rears too. Thanks.
Invisible rust.. now that would really suck. I'll keep an eye out for that too, but with the way things are moving, it'd probably already be a rusty hole. Fortunately, of the stuff I've checked on the front, all is good on that account. Keeping my fingers crossed the rest will be fine too.
Thanks all for your suggestions. I'll report back here after I check it out.
02-09-2007, 06:57 PM
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