First thing is to air up the front tires to 40 # and then grab then at 9 & 3 O'clock and see if there's any looseness or play , then place both hands on the top of the tire and see if it move in or out ~ do this with the tires on the ground as well as with the car up in the air and safely blocks as shimmy can be caused by a mryad of things but most common is play or looseness .
then spin each tire and see if the centerline of the treads wobbles back and forth , if so check to see if the rim is bent or the tires is damaged from the collision .
As far as tie rods & links etc. , I vastly prefer manual separating tools (" Pickle Fork ") and a 7 # " Single jack Hammer over air tools as air tools tend to beat things up .
Remember whilst you have the ends off , tape a degree wheel (free on line) to the steering wheel and count the turns from one lock to the other , divide my 1/2 and tun that many , wherver it stops is the exact center of the steering box regardless of the steering wheels poition , many cars do not have properly centered steering boxes and the drivng improvement will amaze you .
Check the longitudal track rods where they attach to the body as those bushings often go bad .
Now , can I talk about OnLine dating ? . =8-)
Nate
AJ wrote :
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> My 84 300SD is at least temporarily back on the road, after serious paint and body work... (She looks great-- I will get pics of her here soon).
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> Anyway-- she pulls a little right since her accident.. I also have an intermittent "hammering" vibration in the front end.. Imagine a really badly warped rotor, but not being on the brakes. Yeah, I'm going to grab a jack, and see what I can find.. I found it comes on, usually at speed ~60-65, and that pressing on the brakes, even momentarily will diminish it. (I do apparently have a warped rotor in front though.)
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> Point is-- it's going to need alignment.
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> I'm looking at AutohausAZ.com, and it looks like it's as cheap if not cheaper to replace the entire tie rod and control arm assemblies as it is to replace their "ends" (ball joints/bushings).
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> Anyone done this-- and their thoughts??
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> https://www.autohausaz.com/search/group.aspx?sid=tgujupqtslxaibaxhjlworuk&makeid=800016@Mercedes&modelid=1194038@300SD%20&year=1984&cid=27@Suspension%20System
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> https://www.autohausaz.com/search/group.aspx?sid=tgujupqtslxaibaxhjlworuk&makeid=800016@Mercedes&modelid=1194038@300SD%20&year=1984&cid=26@Steering%20System
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> any good "tutorials" on doing this? I have air tools!! :)
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