Replace your Steering Stabilizer, you'll be surprised.
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Replace your Steering Stabilizer, you'll be surprised.
I just replaced my steering stabilzer and all I can say is WOW! I have been going through the front end of the car tightening everything up and it still wasn't quite what I thought it should be. For less than $30 and about 15 minutes worth of work (including jacking up the car) with a 16mm socket it is WELL worth it. It really tightened up the steering. Just becuase they aren't leaking, doesn't mean they aren't worn. Mine has 27,000 miles and I felt a huge difference.
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re: Replace your Steering Stabilizer, you'll be surprised.
Originally Posted by GDrag
Any pictures?
Im in the same process, you think you can explain where it's located and what you had to do to get to it, it would be awesome if you can do that!
Im in the same process, you think you can explain where it's located and what you had to do to get to it, it would be awesome if you can do that!
re: Replace your Steering Stabilizer, you'll be surprised.
Originally Posted by Nexxus
What is the part number for the damper?
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Originally Posted by 70GT6
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Originally Posted by Nexxus
Heheh. That leads to a large page of dampers. Still not sure which one to order. I will try to contact the company to be sure before I order it.
re: Replace your Steering Stabilizer, you'll be surprised.
Good post, mine failed and was replaced under warranty at around 12K miles. Perhaps a bad batch of them.
Originally Posted by NeverEnough
I just replaced my steering stabilzer and all I can say is WOW! I have been going through the front end of the car tightening everything up and it still wasn't quite what I thought it should be. For less than $30 and about 15 minutes worth of work (including jacking up the car) with a 16mm socket it is WELL worth it. It really tightened up the steering. Just becuase they aren't leaking, doesn't mean they aren't worn. Mine has 27,000 miles and I felt a huge difference.
re: Replace your Steering Stabilizer, you'll be surprised.
Thought i would look in to this steering stabilizer as my car likes to jump all over every time i hit a bump or anomily in the road.
So first off i thought i would call a chrysler dealer for this part (124 463 04 32) this turned out to be a big joke as they wanted $214 cad and said it would have to be ordered so 2 to 3 weeks LOL.
Next i called a mercedes dealer and shock and supprise their price was only $60 cad for a mercedes part.
so you can guess i will be buying parts from the mercedes dealer before the Chrysler dealer from now on just tell them you have an '04 SLK and you will get the right parts.
I will be installing this steering damper tonight so i will post my findings as to weather it fixed the problem.
So first off i thought i would call a chrysler dealer for this part (124 463 04 32) this turned out to be a big joke as they wanted $214 cad and said it would have to be ordered so 2 to 3 weeks LOL.
Next i called a mercedes dealer and shock and supprise their price was only $60 cad for a mercedes part.
so you can guess i will be buying parts from the mercedes dealer before the Chrysler dealer from now on just tell them you have an '04 SLK and you will get the right parts.
I will be installing this steering damper tonight so i will post my findings as to weather it fixed the problem.
re: Replace your Steering Stabilizer, you'll be surprised.
Done!
Total cost: $35.00 US with shipping.
http://www.joetlc.com/steering-dampn...34flu2agb9m720
WOW! What a difference!
The original dampner in my car was totally shot after 30K miles. The thing was completely loose in the shaft when I pulled it out. Took me less than an hour to jack up car, remove old dampner and replace. I highly recommened this replacement if you like your steering nice and tight! Thanks to the original thread owner for letting us all know about this.
Total cost: $35.00 US with shipping.
http://www.joetlc.com/steering-dampn...34flu2agb9m720
WOW! What a difference!
The original dampner in my car was totally shot after 30K miles. The thing was completely loose in the shaft when I pulled it out. Took me less than an hour to jack up car, remove old dampner and replace. I highly recommened this replacement if you like your steering nice and tight! Thanks to the original thread owner for letting us all know about this.
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