Hey all,

last night I pulled a 3 point turn while dropping off my boss at her apartment. I hear a click but it didnt sound too much like a pop, I thought little of it, and continued. While turning on to the street I noticed that my steering wheel required more rotations to turn my wheels, than it required before.

this is my 75 300D by the way, when out of the car, in park, I turn the wheel from end to end, and there is not a lapse of movement. To say, the wheels continue turning, there is no "dead space", I have experienced play in other steering wheels, where you can almost knock the wheel from side to side. this doesnt feel to be the case on my wheel. I got it home safe, felt like i was driving a clown car though..

I have recently disconected my power steering pump, and have been driving it manually. My pump was being quite jumpy, even after a flush.

I used the search function and found this page
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?t=229600&highlight=steering+wheel+play&page=2

the second post down describes with pictures and diagrams from a fsm for a 126, is there a similar adjustment procedecer for the stearing box in the 115?

alright so i took a look with the hood popped. my steering gear is no longer connected to the frame, its turning with the steering wheel... humbug...
I hope the bolts just worked themselves out and didnt snap... fun times ahead today!!

Here are some links that may help you.

How to reseal a MB steering gear
(Without loosing your balls)
Written by David Petryk
Photos by Gerard Buhlon

Steering wheel play (slop)
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?p=54385

Pics of Steering Box Swap
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?p=744562

Help! Steering box input shaft clunking
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?p=575725

Photo of steering box adjustment nut?
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?t=167823





Have a great day.

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thank you!! I will read through anyone know the bolt dimmensions for the steeing box, as i have discovered shortly ago, that one is deffinitly sheered and have yet to inspect to others, time to replace all.

Something similar happened to a friend of mine, but it was the front subframe that came off instead. Motor dropped, CV's came apart, bearings all over the place. Worse part was she didn't give my neighbor time to pull the converter out before junking it.

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82 Benz 240 D, Kuan Yin
12 Ford Escape 4wd

You're four times

It's hard to

more likely to

concentrate on

have an accident

two things

when you're on

at the same time.

a cell phone.

www.kiva.org It's not like there's anything wrong with feeling good, is there?

are you refering to a front wheel drive vehicle?? anywho got some bolts will get it back on the road by tommorow

Nothing left to bolt it to.

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All things are burning, know this and be released.

82 Benz 240 D, Kuan Yin
12 Ford Escape 4wd

You're four times

It's hard to

more likely to

concentrate on

have an accident

two things

when you're on

at the same time.

a cell phone.

www.kiva.org It's not like there's anything wrong with feeling good, is there?

Please PM me your VIN#, needed to lookup parts.
I am curious about the MB part number for the gearbox bolts.

i matched one bolt, the one i found sheared off poking out a hole in my wheel well, the bolt is a m10x70 with a shank? and 25 mm of thread 1.5, Ill have to get the part number off there tomorrow when I get intimate under there, it looks tight but doable.

I cant seem to find a schematic or diagram of the 115 steering gear, i found incomplete data looking through some of the useful vintage links but no pics. there are a few threads here but not with descriptive pics, do all of the bolts bolt throught my wheel well into this puppy? its hard to see it in the 116 fsm thats posted at w116.org and i am unsure if they are the same...

I have to be at work tommorow by 530 pm so ill be jacking her up to investigate tomorow morning

Perhaps your problem is more than bad bolts. Could your power steering have been jerking because something was seizing up in the steering box?

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Chances are the bolts worked loose until just one was left holding the steering gear in place and it wasn't strong enough and broke. It was common to have the bolts on the W108 chassis come loose and I would bet the W115 was also prone to this. There was also an issue with the frame rails themselves.

These other threads might help you:

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?t=220449
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?t=24267

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With the VIN#, I can lookup the correct part# and a steering system schematic.
Yes, all of the gearbox mount bolts pass through the wheel well.

vin is 115 11412015932 its a 75

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so tried to extract the bolts that were sheered and my bolt extractor bit broke. extremely frustrating i have no clue how to deal with this!!!!