suspension & shock absorber question

[Bob G ✝︎]

While driving my car out to a 45 mile location car show I noticed that I had to make constant corrections to the steering to keep it tracking stright. It does not pull or drift per say and I heard what I asume is a rubbing noise under the chassie.

Question is I am told that my shocks are bad and will cause some of this drift problem could bushing in the rear controll arms be the sound I heard that came from the chassie.

Any advice in general would be appreciated. Also Should I stay with Mercedes-Benz bilstein Shocks or go to Bilstein direct and buy their shocks?
Bob Geco
1968 280SL

[Joe]

Bob, I just this morning ordered new rear Bilsteins from www.mercedesparts.com. Their price on the website is $75, but over the phone (1-800-259-1125), their price is $65 each. Someone in a recent thread on shocks mentioned this dealer. Joe Alexander says you need gas shocks, and that's the reason to get the Bilsteins. At least, that's the reason I did.
Joe

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Bob

Funny you should mention this problem. I took a 500 km trip yesterday in the 230 SL and found that it had a similar feel on the highway, especially at speed. The car tracks quite well but I notice I'm correcting more than normal to keep it in a straight line. The suspension is quite tight althought there is a squeaking noise when you bounce the front end up and down by hand. It doesn't seem to be coming from the shocks and I don't hear it while driving. So, maybe I need to check the same things.

Mark

1965 230 SL light blue, auto, RHD

[Mike Hughes]

If the rubber bushings in the steering coupling are in their beginning stages of disintegration, one could be experiencing a little "darting," especially at higher speeds, without the real "sloppy" feeling one gets when they are completely perished.  Just a thought!

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