coupefan
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- Clk 200 Kompressor 2004 w209 M271
Our beloved W209 had a bang on the front offside wheel / wing and ever since it has a bad vibration only on that wheel, noticeable at 40mph when braking and getting worse under braking at 50,60,70mph. It seems worse when going downhill. The vibration can be felt through the brake pedal a little but it is more of a juddering/ grinding noise and vibration.
The tyre had a slow puncture, the wheel was found to be slightly out of shape, the tracking was out, and the lower arm bush was split and pushed in. All caused by the impact in my opinion, though the insurance company are trying to wriggle out of it!
So far I have had the lower arms replaced, (£400 ouch!!) which helped a little in that you can't feel it in the steering anymore. I have had the tracking corrected (the toe was out on that side) the wheels balanced (it was out) but it is still vibrating and driving me crazy!!! The insurance company, who shall be nameless (so far!) have not paid for the lower arms, nor the tracking...so far!! ...however they have agreed to replace the wheel and swap over the front tyres and balance both. I hope this will fix the issue and Eastbourne Mercedes are doing that. John Haynes Mercedes of Worthing did the lower arms, saying they were sure that would fix it...it didn't.
I have a sinking feeling that the new wheel still will not do it....
Anyone have any ideas? I am feeling that the bang may have damaged the disc, hub or wheel bearing in some way but the insurance company say that's not possible! Is there an upper arm bush on these? Could it be the way the disc mounts to the hub? Possibly damage to the calipers? Shock absorber bent? It's a nightmare to resolve :???: There is some slight but even wear on all 4 discs, normal I would say for the age of the car and plenty of meat on the pads. It was not vibrating in the slightest before the bang....and it's only from that side....help!!!
The tyre had a slow puncture, the wheel was found to be slightly out of shape, the tracking was out, and the lower arm bush was split and pushed in. All caused by the impact in my opinion, though the insurance company are trying to wriggle out of it!
So far I have had the lower arms replaced, (£400 ouch!!) which helped a little in that you can't feel it in the steering anymore. I have had the tracking corrected (the toe was out on that side) the wheels balanced (it was out) but it is still vibrating and driving me crazy!!! The insurance company, who shall be nameless (so far!) have not paid for the lower arms, nor the tracking...so far!! ...however they have agreed to replace the wheel and swap over the front tyres and balance both. I hope this will fix the issue and Eastbourne Mercedes are doing that. John Haynes Mercedes of Worthing did the lower arms, saying they were sure that would fix it...it didn't.
I have a sinking feeling that the new wheel still will not do it....
Anyone have any ideas? I am feeling that the bang may have damaged the disc, hub or wheel bearing in some way but the insurance company say that's not possible! Is there an upper arm bush on these? Could it be the way the disc mounts to the hub? Possibly damage to the calipers? Shock absorber bent? It's a nightmare to resolve :???: There is some slight but even wear on all 4 discs, normal I would say for the age of the car and plenty of meat on the pads. It was not vibrating in the slightest before the bang....and it's only from that side....help!!!
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