has anyone else experienced this?
My stabil load suspension bumps have disintegrated. I looked under the truck and noticed what looked like black shards of glass, but it turns out that the stabil load have literally crumbled! 2 tota...
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Bad batch of rubber.
That's the problem with rubber and plastic, that you can't test its quality.
Driving Mercedes for long time, I had older models where 30 years old rubber pieces were holding well.
Than in 2000's with global economy - Mercedes subcontract parts manufacturing to former East Block, or even India.
So on newer cars rubber grommet and plastic holders were disintegrating after 3 years.
I come to the point when having 5 yo car, I was going to junk yard to salvage 20 years old grommets and put them in 5 yo car.
That's the problem with rubber and plastic, that you can't test its quality.
Driving Mercedes for long time, I had older models where 30 years old rubber pieces were holding well.
Than in 2000's with global economy - Mercedes subcontract parts manufacturing to former East Block, or even India.
So on newer cars rubber grommet and plastic holders were disintegrating after 3 years.
I come to the point when having 5 yo car, I was going to junk yard to salvage 20 years old grommets and put them in 5 yo car.
