Get the Best Priced Mercedes C230 Wheel

For the $37,950 base price of the Mercedes C230, you could go shopping and buy any number of larger, more powerful cars with pretty much the same features. But if it is a Mercedes that you want, the C230 is the least-expensive four-door model in the company's lineup. One distinction that sets it apart from the rest of Mercedes' sedans is the supercharged, 1.8-litre, DOHC four-cylinder Kompressor motor. While its 189 horsepower certainly does not overwhelm the sedan, it's enough to give the car a lively, sporting feel that is missing from the rest of the C-Class versions. The sedan's suspension provides a good feel without harshness, and the rack-and-pinion steering is well weighted.

How does rack-and pinion steering work?

The rack is a shaft with gear teeth, and it meshes with the pinion, a gear at the end of the steering wheel shaft. The rack is horizontally installed between the front wheels and is connected by a tie rod at each side to a steering knuckle, the pivoting structure to which each front wheel is attached. The tie rod has a flex joint at each end that allows it to flex and pivot in transferring steering wheel motion from the rack to the knuckles. As the steering wheel is turned to either side, the pinion rotates and moves the rack to that side, pivoting the front wheels in the same direction

What is a wheel runoff crash?

These are accidents that are caused by wheels coming off of vehicles. Two primary failures cause wheel runoff crashes. One is a failure of the wheel mounting system. The other is a failure of the hub and wheel bearing assembly.

What causes wheel system failures?

A loose wheel causes the wheel's studs to break and the wheel and tire to separate from the vehicle. There are many reasons that wheels come loose, but most involve over-torqueing or under-torqueing the lug nuts.

What is over and under torqueing?

Over-torqueing is likely the most common wheel system failure, due to the widespread use of impact wrenches to install wheels. Using an impact wrench to install wheels commonly causes the wheels to have 3 to 5 times the specified lug nut torque. The use of lubricants and anti-sizing compounds on the threads of the wheel's studs or lug nuts can cause an even higher degree of over-torqueing.

Under-torqueing is simply not tightening the wheel lug nuts enough, causing the wheel loosen. Under-torqueing can be caused by corroded and damaged wheel system components. It can also be caused by using a cheap or worn-out impact wrench or by having a low air-pressure supply to an impact wrench.

What is the Mercedes C230 Wheel replacement cost?

The Genuine front wheel hub assembly with bearing for the 2002 Mercedes C230 is available through PartsGeek for $214.48 The rear wheel hubs without bearing, manufactured by Bilstein, are available through PartsGeek for $127.48.