Polyurathane boots for tie rods and ball joints and such are offered by after market.

To answer your question:
If you have king pins, there are no ball joints.
The tie rod ends, sleeves and center link are available.
But you need a real parts man to find them.

Are they generic or specificaly for the MB? Any experience with them on MB's?

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1982 VW Caddy diesel 406K 1.9L AAZ
1994 E320 195K

I have used the generic dust boots also, they worked fine for me.
They do not fit as well; but as long as you keep grease in them, they do the job.

I prefer my nipples without any grease on them!

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84 300D Turbodiesel 190K with 4 speed manual sold in 03/2012

In times past I too would seek out replacement front end parts with grease zerks.

After taking my 240D to over 500,000 miles with the original, non greasable joints I decided that sealed joints are preferable at least for me.

You have your choice. You can grease them frequently for the lifetime of the joint and then replace them, or you can simply run them 'til they're worn out and then replace them. After the half million mile experience I just run 'em and replace them when they're worn out. Makes my oil change time much simpler and easier.

Good luck,

My joints are the "pull the cap" type. The hard decision is to do the job or not, as it's hard to find a competent 4-wheel alignment around here. I should get the parts description out by Tuesday, whunter, and I'll even try to use the correct terminology. East Texas will be glad to know that I brought the rain home with me after three weeks down there.

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there are pro's and con's to this.......either way, I like the option of greasing joints......

I was considering replacing w/ poly inserts instead of all new rods on several areas (Control arms for example). Are these also available? Where is any of the poly parts available?

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The Glow Plug Wait: This waiting period is a moment of silence to pay honor to Rudolph Diesel. The longer you own your diesel the more honor you will give him". by SD Blue

My normal daily life; either SNAFUed- Situation Normal... All Fouled Up, or FUBARed- Fouled Up Beyond All Repair

62 UNIMOG Camper w/617 Turbo, 85 300SD daily driver- both powered by blended UCO fuels

Good question, you could contact Energy Suspension as they are a big manufacturerof them.

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1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

Just replaced the entire front suspension on a pickup; after replacing OEM sealed joints only 7000 miles ago.

whunter: six months between Tuesdays? Jeepers, been away too much this summer and still haven't gotten part numbers. In my feeble defense I still haven't decided whether to to a job that isn't really needed. Rear end rubber comes first in preparation for daBenz's 35th birthday/my retirement cruise next spring/summer, and mowing spots I haven't touched this summer.

Was at a big car show in Monroe, MI last month while working at the power plant there. Needed a mouth diaper just looking at that old iron.

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daBenz - 1970 220D

(Big car show in Monroe, MI last month), that little thing???
GreenfieldVillage/HenryFordMeuseum, Cranbrook, Medowbrook, Detroit Auto Show and Woodward Dream Cruise are Big, Munroe show is very small.
Whish you had called me, I would have come over to talk.

Same here, not a big fan of greasy nipples. And I do like mine on the large side.

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Proud owner of ....
1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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Section 609 MVAC Certified
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?p=794885#post794885

Another good reason to have nipples.

As a side note:
My left front lower ball joint boot was mashed by a chunk of ice off the road.
I replaced the boot with a Jaguar XJ6 ball joint boot.

http://www.theautochannel.com/autoparts/suspensionbestjaguar/itemo7977_57410.html