Replace your Steering Stabilizer, you'll be surprised.
Re: Replace your Steering Stabilizer, you'll be surprised.
Originally Posted by Rowanbud
Perish the thought, old bean! (and after seeing your part time occupation I would like to quote the 5th on all further discussion re. speed limits lol!!!)
Re: Replace your Steering Stabilizer, you'll be surprised.
Originally Posted by BoilerUpXFire
This is the third SS I have ordered from JoeTLC and have been happy with their customer service. At ~$32 you can't beat them
Re: Replace your Steering Stabilizer, you'll be surprised.
Originally Posted by Kit Fox
If you look further back in this thread you'll see when I replaced it on your car. Gives you an indication of how long it lasted.
Did you have any idea that both splash shields on each side are completely broken, and two of the mounting brackets on the headlights, I will not go into any more detail LOL
Re: Replace your Steering Stabilizer, you'll be surprised.
Originally Posted by BoilerUpXFire
Did you have any idea that both splash shields on each side are completely broken, and two of the mounting brackets on the headlights, I will not go into any more detail LOL
Re: Replace your Steering Stabilizer, you'll be surprised.
Originally Posted by Kit Fox
The splash guards that lead to the fog lights? It was replaced by me before because it disappeared but should have been there last I knew. Mounting brackets on headlights? Don't know anything about that at all. Can't imagine even how that happened.
Re: Replace your Steering Stabilizer, you'll be surprised.
Originally Posted by Rowanbud
Hi Seve, I got mine from MB dealership also. £34. I'm having it fitted on wednesday so fingers crossed. I thought for such a small amount, it was worth doing. I've got used to the tram lining thing now although it was a little disconcerting at first I must say lol! As for good stability at high speed, well, I couldn't possibly comment as I never go over the speedlimit !
Re: Replace your Steering Stabilizer, you'll be surprised.
Just put one on our car, $32 shipped from eBay and it was OEM. The old one had about 2 inches of play in it when you tried to pull it in and out, the new one didn't do that so I think it was bad. I could tell it drove better on our roads, didn't pull around in the crown like before.
A 16mm socket and wrench and I was done in 10 minutes. Took longer to jack the car up and that was easy too. Great tip and thanks for a great forum with so much knowledge sharing and info.
Joe
A 16mm socket and wrench and I was done in 10 minutes. Took longer to jack the car up and that was easy too. Great tip and thanks for a great forum with so much knowledge sharing and info.
Joe
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Re: Replace your Steering Stabilizer, you'll be surprised.
Originally Posted by oledoc2u
......but, still would like to find nylon bushings to stiffen things up a bit....
edit: here is the link.... it was to a thread on BenzWorld....
http://www.benzworld.org/forums/sale...group-buy.html
Last edited by MikeR; 11-17-2010 at 11:32 AM.
Re: Replace your Steering Stabilizer, you'll be surprised.
Originally Posted by JoeR
Part 2 of this, the cars owner drove it and she said it made a huge difference!!
Hard to imagine a 2006 with 17K and the part was worn out, guess I'll plan on replacing it again in 2 years or so.
Joe
Hard to imagine a 2006 with 17K and the part was worn out, guess I'll plan on replacing it again in 2 years or so.
Joe
Originally Posted by MikeR
edit: here is the link.... it was to a thread on BenzWorld....
Polyurethane Bushes for many models Group buy - Benzworld.org - Mercedes-Benz Discussion Forum
Polyurethane Bushes for many models Group buy - Benzworld.org - Mercedes-Benz Discussion Forum
Re: Replace your Steering Stabilizer, you'll be surprised.
I wouldn't be surprised if it helped. Seems that most people here have replaced theirs including me at 17K miles and it sure made a difference. For $30 and a few minutes time it is a cheap and easy thing to do. Do some searches here and see what people have done in the past. Good luck.
Re: Replace your Steering Stabilizer, you'll be surprised.
It took me longer to jack the car up and put jack stands under it than it took to change it and I am not Mr. Mechanic. A socket and wrench and that was it, they say to turn the wheels to the left a little, I did but not sure why, for accessing one of the two bolts I think it was, it says in this thread somewhere.
Re: Replace your Steering Stabilizer, you'll be surprised.
Thanks to the forum I've ordered and recieved my new stabilizer. (and also getting my door sill rust repaired )
The worn out nittos and factory stabalizer (51,000 miles) are making for a very poor ride.
I picked up a new set of tires and will swap the stabalizer when I get the tires mounted.
Now its off to the brake threads to find the best deal on rotors and pads.
Merry xmas to my xf!
The worn out nittos and factory stabalizer (51,000 miles) are making for a very poor ride.
I picked up a new set of tires and will swap the stabalizer when I get the tires mounted.
Now its off to the brake threads to find the best deal on rotors and pads.
Merry xmas to my xf!
Re: Replace your Steering Stabilizer, you'll be surprised.
The new tires were installed yesterday, it was rainy, I could definately tell a difference in noise levels but the tires just don't feel right. I was thinking I made a bad tire choice and they just fell really stiff like the car was lumbering even worse than the worn out invos. Parked the car last night and changed the stabilizer this morning, I was skeptical the old one was bad when I took it off because it still I had plenty of resistance and didn't feel "loose" However once I compressed it, it did not extend. Put the new one on and went for a short ride, (still rainy) and MUCH MUCH MUCH better! Now the tires feel proper. Its amazing the difference in feel that stabilizer makes .
Thanks again xf forums.
Thanks again xf forums.