I had time after coming home to take on the bushing replacement. Here's some photos with the step by step how it wa done.

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Your signature doesn't list any Mercedes-Benz cars... which car and transmission type (automatic or manual) does this apply to? Thanks,

Kurt

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Or you can just use the proper bushings. Its really not that hard to get them on. I devised a good/quick solution to doing it. Hasn't failed me yet. It involves a bench vise.

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My apologies, this was done on a 1985 300SD with automatic transmission, to my knowledge it has the 126 body style.

Care to elaborate? I've got new bushings on my bench, and no bushings on my car

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1985 300SD 322,000

I use a socket just bigger than the ID of the bushing on the pushing side, a socket just bigger than the OD of the bushing on the open side, my biggest slip joint pliers and a good squirt of Silglyd. Keeping track of which of the 4 holes in the bell crank the rod was attached to is a bigger problem

Sixto
87 300D