Sl 350 front shock absorber

[Painter16]

hi peps been getting bad creaking noise from front drivers side when going over bumbs,been told it's the shock or ball joint at bottom of shock ,does it come as one unit ,ball joint with the shock,and were to buy one ,merc wanted £240 with the vat is that a good price ,thanks peps

 

[ajlsl600]

you can buy the ball joints for these now i posted a link to a german company selling them .tho that was for abc r230 and i have heard that some were removing sl350 bottom ball joints to fit in sl500/600 so i guess they are the same, beware ,i have removed one ,they are in f, tight and care will be needed getting the old one out,IF that turns out to be YR issue the link is somewhere in abc strutts or r230 strutts ,i think, was a few yr ago, also there are a few places injecting plastic material into them to refurb also noted on here if you search. if the strutt itself is shot, think yr comitted to replacement ,think yrself lucky it aint ABC. the joint refurb guy was in liverpool area, i spent 5 min trying to find post on ball joint supplier, sorry no luck. .

 

[Painter16]

you can buy the ball joints for these now i posted a link to a german company selling them .tho that was for abc r230 and i have heard that some were removing sl350 bottom ball joints to fit in sl500/600 so i guess they are the same, beware ,i have removed one ,they are in f, tight and care will be needed getting the old one out,IF that turns out to be YR issue the link is somewhere in abc strutts or r230 strutts ,i think, was a few yr ago, also there are a few places injecting plastic material into them to refurb also noted on here if you search. if the strutt itself is shot, think yr comitted to replacement ,think yrself lucky it aint ABC. the joint refurb guy was in liverpool area, i spent 5 min trying to find post on ball joint supplier, sorry no luck. .

Think it's more likely the ball joint itself so I've been told ,but thought it was part of the shock,will have look at this injection material on here . Don't mind a drive if it can be done same day and sounds like it would turn out cheaper ,than replacing

 

[gramey]

Chances are if one side is on the way out the other won't be far behind and personally I think it's always best to do both sides at the same time.

 

[Painter16]

Chances are if one side is on the way out the other won't be far behind and personally I think it's always best to do both sides at the same time.

If I go down the resin route will get both done ,just trying to find somethink about this on here ,if anyone knows more on this please let me know,also do you have to take them off ya self or just drive car to the peps and they do the lot ,if anyone knows ,thanks

 

[star]

We re resin them, normally for play/wear not squeaking. Can be done on the car.

 

[Painter16]

We re resin them, normally for play/wear not squeaking. Can be done on the car.

Oh right ok ,thought some were on here it said you don't do that,anyway would they not creak or is this the shock making the noise ,bit confused now ,would come down to you and get them done if I thought it would solve the prob

 

[Painter16]

Sorry how much do you charge for this if I dicided to have it done thanks

 

[ajlsl600]

If I go down the resin route will get both done ,just trying to find somethink about this on here ,if anyone knows more on this please let me know,also do you have to take them off ya self or just drive car to the peps and they do the lot ,if anyone knows ,thanks

you have to remove them, or at least thats how it was . understand some currior them as said was liverpool or close, understand it can be done somewhere in the south now as well, someone will read and opost details

 

[Painter16]

So think I'm gonna get this resin done on me sl, will,ring star up tomorrow and get it booked in ,hopefully this will cure me prob

 

[ajlsl600]

do post how that goes.

 

[Painter16]

do post how that goes.

Will do ,they said they do it mainly for play or clunking not creaking ,but it's driving me round the twist so let's give it ago £100 aside.so I'm thinking let them do one side if it stops it ,will then get other side done.

 

[ajlsl600]

fyi.1 supplier ball joint, there is at least 1 other. as said not great fun to get out

https://rebuildmastertech.com/merce...uspension-strut-ball-joint-single-2303331327/

 

[ajlsl600]

heres the seller in europe,think dutch or german you might have to work yr way thru to find it ,they do all sorts of ABC stuff ,tho thats not going to help you. i have just looked at the ball joint that came out of L.K,S strut and seems correct the retaining lip is at the bottom , so it CANT get pulled thru.

https://www.ebay.de/str/originalabchydraulikshop

and that magnet filter is a damn good idea for 230 as well origional DAFT design ?? filters out AFTER its been thru the valve blocks. at least thats how i see it ???

 

[Painter16]

Well got it booked in the guys at star in reading for next Friday ,bit of a drive but if it gets rid of the prob then well worth it the guy I spoke to think is name was Simon sorry if I got that wrong been a long day he's not convinced it's coming from that ball joint on shock,but we will see ,anyway it's a day from work and if weather ok good excuse to have top down

 

[Painter16]

Went out yesturday in car and creaking drove me round the bend ,,if I push down on the wing now it makes the noise ,will be glad to get the lads at star in reading to look at it on Friday

 

[star]

Let’s hope it’s still making the noise when you come down, if not take note of the side and record it? See you Friday.

 

[LostKiwi]

Isn't creaking normally the bottom balljoint on the lower arm?

 

[Painter16]

Isn't creaking normally the bottom balljoint on the lower arm?

Had them done about 2 months ago

 

[Painter16]

Let’s hope it’s still making the noise when you come down, if not take note of the side and record it? See you Friday.

Thanks yes it will def be making the noise ,and deff drivers side,any way look forward to meeting you ,and hopefully sort it ,had the car nearly 4 years now and still love it apart from normal wear & tear it's been great