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Why is there a roller bearing in there?
I was looking at the FSM to see what's involved in overhauling rear suspension on my W116, and I came upon a section "replacing roller bearing on wheel carrier" to ME a wheel bearing is what takes all the rotational load on the rear axle and stuff.....right?
then I looked further to see that the bearing in question isn't even on the rotating assembly of the rear wheel carrier.....WHY?
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Does this help?
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They might have gone with a bearing rather than the usual rubber bushing to maintain the correct geometry. The W116 was designed to have less dive and squat than earlier cars.
Michael
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The braking load is used to reduce, or eliminate, rear lift.
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just strikes me as odd to use a bearing like that...you'd eventually see flat spots on the rollers
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