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Old 08-24-2021, 06:02 PM
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Airmatic - rear axle higher after sensor lever replacement

My indy replaced the lever connecting the rear swaybar to rear level sensor. Now the rear sits higher than it used to, both in raised mode and in normal mode.

Is it possible to have installed the lever incorrectly? Is this lever adjustable?
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Maybe installed incorrectly OR Airmatic needs to be recalibrated after replacing the sensor / rod.
SDS or an advanced diagnostic tool can do this.

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Ugh. Will look underneath and check orientation, and schedule to get it scanned.

You wouldnt happen to have a link showing how it's supposed to go on, would you?
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Recalibrating the suspension is maybe an hour with STAR. Not difficult. Rear axles should be in range of negative 0.9 degrees (highest) to negative 1.5 degrees (lowest). That should bring the camber to negative 1.2 degrees to negative 2.2 degrees.
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Originally Posted by bbirdwell
Recalibrating the suspension is maybe an hour with STAR. Not difficult. Rear axles should be in range of negative 0.9 degrees (highest) to negative 1.5 degrees (lowest). That should bring the camber to negative 1.2 degrees to negative 2.2 degrees.
I've read a bit about it, is this where they attach the special MB tool to the lower arms and you enter into STAR the reading the tool gives you?
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Originally Posted by g300d
I've read a bit about it, is this where they attach the special MB tool to the lower arms and you enter into STAR the reading the tool gives you?
I calibrated mine using a free inclinometer app on my cell phone. Use advanced search with my user name and "suspension calibration". I posted a link to it in the past couple of weeks.
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Is that so the system knows you are on an incline and doesn't try to level the vehicle to compensate for that weight shift?
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Originally Posted by bbirdwell
I calibrated mine using a free inclinometer app on my cell phone. Use advanced search with my user name and "suspension calibration". I posted a link to it in the past couple of weeks.
Hi bbirdwell, is it this post you are talking about?

https://mbworld.org/forums/w211-amg/...ml#post8148788

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Hi bbirdwell, is it this post you are talking about?

https://mbworld.org/forums/w211-amg/...ml#post8148788
That's it!
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That's it!
Thank you, will be working on wrapping my head around the process 🙂

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