PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum - W126 guide rod bushing... need advice.

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Originally Posted by compu_85 (Post 4280307)

IIRC the guide rod mount service kit comes with a new bolt - I have a couple extras I think if you come up totally short.

So are your mount areas rusty too? Mine were, I got them welded up last year.

http://compu85.net/stuff/mbz/SDL/GuideRodMount.jpg

-J

I had to destroy the nut. Air hammer worked after drilling didn’t.

https://i.imgur.com/4b1oky5l.jpg

Unfortunately the threads aren’t great. So I am in a bit of a pinch. I’m not sure that running a nut or a die over it will help…

https://i.imgur.com/s9ZN55Yl.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/wugaRT4l.jpg

The whole area isn’t rusty. The old ones came out clean. I think the bolts had a bit of crud on the tops and I used a low powered impact to start it… but that broke the captive nut.

So dont use impacts.