Hi guys,
I recently had noticed that my rear right tire on the outside appears to be wearing down. Is this an adjustment thing? Should I be looking at the sub frame mount/bushings and/or differential mount?


Thanks!

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1985 300d Turbo Diesel

Most likely trailing arm bushings. It may be difficult to see how bad they are
until you unbolt and drop them down. Other symptoms are a shifty rear when taking a curve and looseness in turns.

When I changed mine, one virtually had no rubber left in the bushing. I was pleasantly surprised at what a difference in handling.

I wedged the wheel with chocks then slowly lowered the trailing arm with a floor jack. Worked like a charm.

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Sam

84 300SD 350K+ miles ( Blue Belle )

I am presently nearing the end of changing the Trailing Arm Bushings and I also found that the Sub Frame Bushings; on in particular needed changing.

In order to get out one of the inner bolt on the trailing arm I had to disconnect the driveshaft from the differential to allow room to get out. There is more to it then that but the left side one comes out without disconnecting the drive shaft.

New Lemforder trailing arm bushings (which I did not use as I already had some other company's) were around $9 each with I looked.

a Myele Subframe Bushing Kit came in a box marked made in Thailand.

Since I am not done yet I don't know if it solved the problem I was having. However, the one subframe bushing actually fell out of the socket it goes into.

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84 300D, 82 Volvo 244Gl Diesel

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84 300D, 82 Volvo 244Gl Diesel