That's actually very helpful Alan ;
It gives me hope I might be able to cobble up something to help .
-Nate
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Alan wrote :
Actually now that I think about it, the last one I repaired was on an 84 300D that lasted at least 2 years. Unfortunately that car had the first 2' of the front end taken off by a 20 YR old who ran a red light while texting. I replaced it with an 83 300D that has 97,000 miles on it and that one is still original. I can't remember what is in the 85 300SD, but I probably did some reinforcing on that one. Basically I overlaid the area with narrow flat plate that is held down by the two mounting bolts and was probably welded to the original broken arm. I usually just went from the mounting bolts over the broken area as far as the scrap I was using went. I probably went as close as possible to rubber mount. Since the lower mounting bolt is a PITA to deal with, I may have bolted the reinforcement to the broken part of the arm while the bracket was still on the car rather than welding it. If I had the bracket off, I would have welded the reinforcement to the bracket. Over the years I've done several. Its a case where I did whatever worked with the materials that I had on hand at the moment. Sorry for the fuzziness, but at 81 I'm not retaining the details well.
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