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Center link replaced...do I need an alignment?
Getting the center link on the 91 replaced today....will I need an alignment afterward?
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14 E250 Bluetec "Sinclair", Palladium Silver on Black, 153k miles 06 E320 CDI "Rutherford", Black on Tan, 171k mi, Stage 1 tune, tuned TCU 91 300D "Otis", Smoke Silver, 142k mi, wastegate conversion 19 Honda CR-V EX 61k mi Fourteen other MB's owned and sold 1961 Very Tolerant Wife |
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Only if you are unlucky - the centre link should be "exactly" the same length
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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver 1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone 1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy! 1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits! |
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It's OEM Lemforder....so hopefully I'll be in good shape.
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14 E250 Bluetec "Sinclair", Palladium Silver on Black, 153k miles 06 E320 CDI "Rutherford", Black on Tan, 171k mi, Stage 1 tune, tuned TCU 91 300D "Otis", Smoke Silver, 142k mi, wastegate conversion 19 Honda CR-V EX 61k mi Fourteen other MB's owned and sold 1961 Very Tolerant Wife |
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It will be close but there will always be manufacturing variations.
The only alignment that will need checked is toe and recentering the steering wheel. Checking toe can be done with a tape measure. |
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If it tracked straight ahead before and continues with the new center link, you should be okay without an alignment.
Sixto MB-less |
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Last center link was two years ago on my E300.
My alignment was spot-on before and after. It's safe to say you should be good. Good luck! |
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If the car was aligned with a sloppy joint or less than tight on either or both ends of the center link then replacing that loose link with a new in-spec tight link will change the previous alignment that was done earlier with its attendant compensation for the sloppy link. So it depends if there was an alignment done with that less than tight link in place. |
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