I did not have the noise when turning the wheel (yet), but had the up and down. The lower ball joint on the passengers side was dead, boot ripped and dry/rusty inside.
I bought the balljoint and brought it and the car to the shop told them what to do and if confimed to replace the joint.
That was it all else looked good, I kept my fingers crossed they where not setting me up for a lot of front end re-work at inspection time 3 weeks later. It did end up passing inspection.
Steve
--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, "Nate" <vwnate1@...> wrote:
>
>
> That sure sounds like a dry pivot , maybe ball joint , maybe tie rod end .
>
> Could be just the upper A Arm bushing needs some Rubber Lube or silicone sprayed into it .
>
>
> -Nate
> --- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, Aleph93 <aleph93@> wrote:
> >
> > Dean,
> >
> > It's hard to follow the indy film, I was waiting for a gremlin or
> > something to jump out.
> > Does that sound occur both when turning the wheel and when just pushing
> > up and down on the car?
> > Just to check the easy things first, hows the ATF level and color in the
> > power steering pump, and how about belt tension?
> >
> >
> > Rob
> > '85 300D
> > Garden Grove, CA
> >
> > On 7/12/11 1:15 AM, diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com wrote:
> > > '83 300D Suspension noise. with video. '83 300D Suspension noise. wi
> > > Posted by: "Dean Chandler"deanstud@ deanstud
> > > Date: Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:23 pm ((PDT))
> > >
> > > Link to video
> > >
> > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqOh1q8J1zM&feature=youtube_gdata
> > >
> > > My wife came home and told me the car was making a weird noise. I went
> > > out to look and OMG that is the most awful noise I have ever heard from
> > > a car.
> > >
> > > The video pretty much enplanes it all. Its last "LOF" was about 4k miles
> > > ago, I don't know how much L is included in the LOF, but it was at a non
> > > dealer Mercedes Benz friendly shop, where the car was always serviced
> > > before I got it.
> > >
> > > Also, as said in the video, the "front end" was rebuilt @ 298k miles in
> > > 10/09.
> > >
> > > upper/lower control arms/bushings, tie rods, idler arm.
> > > __________________
> > >
> > > -- -Dean E. Chandler '86 SDL '83 300D -=KE7TWY=- Cornelius, Oregon
> > > deanstud@
> >
>
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