S-Class (W220) 1999-2006: S 320 CDI, S 320, S430, S 500, S 600

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Old Jul 27, 2011 | 03:38 PM
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here is a problem

I changed my driver upper ball joint and lower ball joint with control arm everything went great !! except the driver side sits lower than the passenger side approx by an inch !! why is that? what did i do wrong?

would really appreciate the help coz its bothering me and i dont want my airmatic to go wrong

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Old Jul 27, 2011 | 07:05 PM
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you mess with the links at all?
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Old Jul 27, 2011 | 07:10 PM
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What links?
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Old Jul 27, 2011 | 07:50 PM
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The links that connect your ride height sensors to the body of the vehicle.....
one at each corner. They auto-adjust the ride height as your driving.
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Old Jul 27, 2011 | 07:57 PM
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Can you tell me how it looks coz I dont remember seeing that? Or touching anything other than ball joints ?
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Old Jul 28, 2011 | 05:21 PM
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so i kinda fixed the problem ... i bent the link a lil to make it short and confuse the system here is pictures of the two sides before i did and third picture of the link bent. im not sure what are you guys talking about when you said did you mess with the link ? because i had to take it out from the upper ball joint to put a new one in? anyway this fixed the problem hopefully forever

Attached Thumbnails here is a problem-img_0633.jpg   here is a problem-img_0634.jpg  

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Old Jul 28, 2011 | 05:23 PM
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i didnt know the picture is that big sorry
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