Squeaky Ball Joints
#26
Originally Posted by 55fanatic
No I didnt, I actually moved to L in 01. I grew up in A-town about 10minutes down rt.2. I actually went to BC High and I graduated in 00
#27
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00 MB ML55, 91 Toyota Supra Turbo(sold), 06 E500(gone), 03 BMW M3
Thats cool, if Arlington's school system was a little better I wouldnt of gone but they were rebuilding a couple of the schools so everyone was crammed into like one building
#28
Front Ball Joints
Ball Joints do go bad on the ML, factory has updated joint, covered under warranty to 50,000. CANNOT Lube from the outside, has nylon/teflon bushing that goes bad.
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#29
I am interested in finding out any "squeaky" steering noises that MLs might have. My E320 has an intermittent noise problem that the dealer says is a nylon (or was it teflon?) bushing on an aluminum rod in the steering rack that is causing the problem. That's an expensive repair and I want to find out about it. The odd thing is that the dealer service rep told me the E's and the ML's both have ithis problem. I've ran a thread on the E forum and picked up quite a bit of information, enough to say it's not an isolated instance. Now I would like to find out if any of you ML users have a problem with intermittent squeaking in the steering at low speed and if you know definetly or not whether it's the steering rack. Thanks in advance for any information.
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Originally Posted by silver00E320
I am interested in finding out any "squeaky" steering noises that MLs might have. My E320 has an intermittent noise problem that the dealer says is a nylon (or was it teflon?) bushing on an aluminum rod in the steering rack that is causing the problem. That's an expensive repair and I want to find out about it. The odd thing is that the dealer service rep told me the E's and the ML's both have ithis problem. I've ran a thread on the E forum and picked up quite a bit of information, enough to say it's not an isolated instance. Now I would like to find out if any of you ML users have a problem with intermittent squeaking in the steering at low speed and if you know definetly or not whether it's the steering rack. Thanks in advance for any information.
#31
Originally Posted by silver00E320
I am interested in finding out any "squeaky" steering noises that MLs might have. My E320 has an intermittent noise problem that the dealer says is a nylon (or was it teflon?) bushing on an aluminum rod in the steering rack that is causing the problem. That's an expensive repair and I want to find out about it. The odd thing is that the dealer service rep told me the E's and the ML's both have ithis problem. I've ran a thread on the E forum and picked up quite a bit of information, enough to say it's not an isolated instance. Now I would like to find out if any of you ML users have a problem with intermittent squeaking in the steering at low speed and if you know definetly or not whether it's the steering rack. Thanks in advance for any information.