Mercedes Benz repair: 86 300E steering gearbox, steering gearbox, pitman arm


Question
Is there any special instructions for removing and replacing the gearbox as far as aligning the pitman arm during removal and reinstall? Thanks.

Answer
one main thing to do when changing the gearbox is keep the wheels striaght. or mark the wheels with chalk and chalk on your ground jut to keep it all in order. specially with during the steering and all thing doing with driving capabilties mark each piece before dissasemby including wheels and the ground .. and also control arms etc. It will save you alot of a wobbly scary drive taking it to the nearest carx to get it aligned..go to benzworld.org and fill out a profile and you will search gearbox removal and they should have the answers you would need