Replacing steering components on my 1987 300D W124

Описание: Replacing the following steering components on my W124:
Idler arm bushings (kit; 124-460-00-19)
Drag link (124-460-08-05)
Steering damper (124-463-04-32)
Tie rod assemblies (124-330-08-03 and 124-330-09-03)

Most of these parts came with the car originally in the trunk - if you're watching the series, you'll hear me mention them in the first video. Otherwise, I would have bought genuine MB parts. After doing the control arms (see    • Removing and replacing front lower control...   and    • Removing and replacing front lower control...  ) it was good time to replace all of these. Now, the car can be taken in for a proper alignment! 🙂

This wasn't too bad of a job working on jack stands in the garage with an impact wrench. Next up - taking the car in for a proper alignment.

Time stamps
Intro (0:00)
Looking at the replacement parts (0:21)
Assessing the idler arm bushing replacement (0:52)
Getting ready to start the job (2:28)
Looking at the idler arm bushing job (3:21)
Looking at the tie rods / drag link job (5:52)
Idler arm bushing replacement (6:54)
Steering damper removal (14:18)
Drag link removal (16:00)
Inspecting the old broken parts (17:23)
Tie rod removal (right) (19:52)
Adjusting the tie rods (22:26)
Reinstalling the tie rods (24:51)
Tie rod removal (left) (25:40)
Steering damper install (26:48)
Important notes about idler arm heat shield (27:24)
Outro (28:40)