Aftermarket Parts - Worth Trying For Suspension?

[optimusprime]

And Lemforder for me also Meyle ar not even in the picture .I had 2 bad items off these thst failed in 6 months

 

[Petrol Pete]

As above thats why I did the job twice, I fitted Febi and they didn't last long , Lemforder on there now.

 

[sledlife]

I just had a look at photos of the original hydrobush that I took at the time (when replacing them a few years back), and the hole in the centre is not elongated, it's a perfect circle. I think that the photo above may be misleading.

Sorry it wasn't clear on the photo. It does have an elongated hole with 4 lines inside. It's not something I'd really considered, will this affect anything when I get my wheel alignment done?

 

[OneForTheRoad]

Sorry it wasn't clear on the photo. It does have an elongated hole with 4 lines inside. It's not something I'd really considered, will this affect anything when I get my wheel alignment done?

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If it's out they'll struggle to adjust it probably. Usually it's central bolt up on all arms , but you can also get bolts with a slight cam on them to do the same thing if needed.

 

[VenomX]

A fuel filter caused a strange whining noise, which took some time to settle down and fade away.

Had a similar thing in the C240 with a " Mahle " filter, sounded pretty bad so got it replaced ASAP

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Replaced it with a genuine Mercedes part ( on the fuel filter it said " Knecht " ) and no problems at all.

 

[markjay]

Had a similar thing in the C240 with a " Mahle " filter, sounded pretty bad so got it replaced ASAP

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Replaced it with a genuine Mercedes part ( on the fuel filter it said " Knecht " ) and no problems at all.

Knecht is one of Mahle's brands.....

 

[VenomX]

Knecht is one of Mahle's brands.....

Yeah I know, but there are obviously some differences if the Knecht marketed one didn’t make a strange noise

 

[sledlife]

If it's out they'll struggle to adjust it probably. Usually it's central bolt up on all arms , but you can also get bolts with a slight cam on them to do the same thing if needed.

Ah ok, wish I'd known this but a bit late now, will take it for alignment and see what they say, thanks

 

[markjay]

That's a photo showing the original genuine hydrobushes that came out of my car:

The hole is perfectly round (apart for a tiny bit near the edge)

Below are the new bushes (also genuine MB):

Again, perfectly round holes.

The camber adjustment was done via the use of these fluted bolts:

 

[markjay]

However, this document shows the bushes with elongated oval holes....:

https://mbworld.org/forums/attachments/c-class-w203/144276d1227440283-vibration-up-front-need-help-castor-bush-bulletin.pdf

 

[sledlife]

Something to do with a difference between upper and lower suspension arms possibly?