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Help guys, suspension trouble
In my 300SDL,
I encountered a friendly forest creature in the middle of the road, scrambling across it, just a few minutes from my house. I locked up the brakes and tried to swerve around it. I heard a clunk, like the type of clunk you get when vaccuum pressure is too low in a transmission. The car started pulling WAY off to the left, and the steering wheel followed. When I tried to center the steering wheel, it would still pull dangerously sharp to the left. I got out of the car and inspected the driver's side wheel (as that's where the clunk came from). Didn't notice much, until I went to the front of the car and compared the two front wheels. The bottom of the wheel on the driver's side was bent outward about 15 - 20 degrees, and the one on the passenger side was perfectly straight. I will drive the SE for now. I have this posted in the Tech help forum, but I am not getting enough responses fast enough. So I look to you dieselers for a second opinion. I think the trailing arm snapped, is it possible you guys could post a picture of this part so I could know for sure?
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1987 300SDL (324000) 1986 Porsche 951 (944 Turbo) (166000) 1978 Porsche 924 (99000) 1996 Nissan Pathfinder R50 (201000) |
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There is no trailing arm in the front suspension of a W126. You might mean the guide rod that keeps the lower control arm in place during acceleration and braking. I doubt that would cause the camber change you describe because the camber doesn't change that much while replacing the guide rod. For that drastic a camber change a ball joint or control arm bushing collapsed. That's my guess, anyway. If you were able to steer to get it home then I doubt you broke either control arm.
ABS didn't kick in? Sixto 95 S420 91 300SE 87 300SDL 83 300SD |
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There is a rod of some sorts that connects to the control arm. While the control arm itself is fine, the rod that goes behind the firewall of the car broke off. It looks like a pig to get to. It's connected to the upper control arm. I'll try to post a picture.
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Ah, the sway bar. That's a herd of pigs to get to. Everything attached to the firewall has to come off. But I still think there's something else. Something else failed and took the sway bar with it.
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Here please help to identify,
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1987 300SDL (324000) 1986 Porsche 951 (944 Turbo) (166000) 1978 Porsche 924 (99000) 1996 Nissan Pathfinder R50 (201000) Last edited by DslBnz; 09-29-2003 at 06:09 PM. |
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Can you crank the wheel over full right and take a shot from behind the left wheel?
Sixto 95 S420 91 300SE 87 300SDL 83 300SD |
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Actually, I have to go to dinner. I will post another picture, as you request sixto, after eating. Thanks for your help.
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Here,
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What's for dinner?
![]() If you can swing the upper control arm fore-aft easily, the inboard control arm bushing is shot. Sixto 95 S420 91 300SE 87 300SDL 83 300SD |
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What happened was the sway bar rotted off.
![]() ![]() ![]() It just broke away from the control arm. --- Dinner was just your basic vegetable(corn) and starch(potato) and salad. Enough to keep you healthy. ![]()
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1987 300SDL (324000) 1986 Porsche 951 (944 Turbo) (166000) 1978 Porsche 924 (99000) 1996 Nissan Pathfinder R50 (201000) |
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I found this link about a year ago that relates to what I think you're having a problem with.
Good Pictures, etc. Good Luck! Last edited by BobKern; 09-29-2003 at 09:11 PM. |
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Oops, forgot the link:
http://home.earthlink.net/~alchemyking/300/front-end/index.html |
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I was just reading your post and was confused. Thank you, Bob.
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1987 300SDL (324000) 1986 Porsche 951 (944 Turbo) (166000) 1978 Porsche 924 (99000) 1996 Nissan Pathfinder R50 (201000) |
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