Well I finally got my SDL back from the collision shop. After the accident and repairs the car actually looks better than i thought.

There is one problem though - since the kid hit my front driver's side tire they replaced the tie rod (sp?). They only replaced the right one. They also seemed to have aligned it as it does drive straight down the road and doesn't seem to pull. The steering wheel is slightly cockeyed to the right however. Is this because I need something else replaced? Maybe the other tie rod?

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86 300 SDL - Vesuvius

96 SL 500

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That can usually be dialed out at a good alignment shop. If you need (and if your car is like my 83, no air bag) you can remove the center pad on the steering wheel and remove the center bolt holding the wheel on then pull the wheel and center it that way but the alignment is a better way to do it.

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1983 300SD
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Centering the steering wheel should be part of the alignment process. You should take it back and ask them to finish the job. (One tie rod needs to be lengthened and the opposite side shortened by the same amount.)