I brought in my car to get a 4 wheel alignment.

The shop could not adjust the front wheels to specs because the adjustments were already "maxed". The car has not been in a wreck (i believe) so I don't know what is going on.

Any thoughts?

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Ben
1987 190d 2.5Turbo

My shop said the same thing and said it was because of sagging old springs (1991 300CE, 170m)

I have no spatial comprehension of what is involved with alignment but others here have commented that "sagging springs would cause X and alignment depends on Y" so they did not see any connection.

I went ahead and installed new springs (a real physical workout), got an alignment and all is fine.

LCA bushings might be shot.

How did they propose to fix the situation?

Sixto
87 300D

Who was doing the alignment?

If it wasn't a MB specialist /dealer you might find that they need to RTFM... I'm sure this isn't always the case but for some of them there new fangled laser guided more expensive than the space shuttle machines they need to "sweep" the wheels (what ever that means - I haven't a clue what it means I just picked it up from some guy on the forum some time ago - I'll try and dig out the post)

EDIT =>

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/2716547-post21.html

This post

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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!

Ben, recommend having your local MB dealer perform the alignment. Their techs will have the knowledge and equipment to do the job properly.

If your automobile needs some parts replaced their techs tell you beforehand. Then you can decide if the repair work is DIY, a dealer-only job, or one for your favorite indy.

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Fred Hoelzle