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Rear Stabilizer Bar: Installation

  1. Attach level controller lever to stabilizer bar, making sure lever rests against bar.
  2. Install rubber insulators on stabilizer bar with splits facing upward. Attach stabilizer bar mounting brackets. Reconnect exhaust pipe to original position.
  3. Lower vehicle to ground. Connect stabilizer bar to wheel carriers, but do not fully tighten expanding bolts.
    NOTE: Be sure bolt contact surfaces are clean and grease-free.
  4. Attach connecting rod of level controller. Move level control switch, on instrument panel, to "N" (normal level) position. Check and adjust vehicle level. Fully tighten expanding bolts after all adjustments are complete.
    Fig 1: Location of Hydropneumatic Level Controller Components on Rear Stabilizer Bar
    G09322407Courtesy of MERCEDES-BENZ USA
SYSTEM CAPACITY

Application Pints (liters)
Total System Oil Capacity 12.3 (5.8)
Filling Capacity (On Dipstick)
  Maximum 7.6 (3.6)
  Minimum 5.5 (2.6)