Ok. I need an axle shaft for a 73 220D. OEM vs China. Can you quote me both prices? Another option is to rebuild the original or buy used? My axle shaft boot is cracked/torn so is this part shot? That's what I hear but the car was asymptomatic before I noticed the crack. I'm thinking about just slipping on a new boot. I truly don't like the idea of Chinese parts on this car. Not being "rascist" but I have my preferences and those include doing my best to keep this car original. I ordered a front grille for this same car about onee year ago thinking that I was buying an original part but I ended up getting an aftermarket part. I didn't ask when I bought it (probably should of) and just naively assumed it would be original. Well, I struggled dearly to make it fit as all the fasteners were junk. I had to reuse the old rusty ones and modify some others. It was a real pain in the butt. The part also was not of the same quality. The rounded edges on both sides were not formed nicely, kind of many little bends to make an arc technique was employed in its production. Believe me, I was not happy but didn't want to go through the hassle of returning it. Now one year later it has started to rust! My point is that I prefer original regardless of country of origin and I think it was actually made in Germany but not original MB. China parts really do rub me the wrong way because their quality is even worse.
--- On Sat, 2/6/10, buymbpa...@gmail.com <buymbpa...@gmail.com> wrote: From: buymbpa...@gmail.com <buymbpa...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] *sigh* To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Date: Saturday, February 6, 2010, 5:10 PM Dimitri, the problem is that Mercedes in their infinite wisdom, changed the design of this particular axle with the production of the W126 chassis. So you can't buy what came on your car new from them. You have to buy an updated axle plus extra parts which sell for over $1000 per side at wholesale not retail! So the only option for the original axle is an aftermarket one or a rebuilt one, henceforth the issue. So do you want a rebuild that has better than a 50 percent failure rate or a Chinese new version that has a hugely successful record? Oh, wait, of course spend $2,500 on axles for a $1000 car. Hmm. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless handheld -----Original Message----- From: Dimitri Seretakis <dsereta...@yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 13:51:58 To: Mercedes Discussion List<mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] *sigh* Hmmm. I'll stick with the OEM product! Nothing like piece of mind. Sent from my iPhone On Feb 6, 2010, at 4:43 PM, Mitch Haley <m...@voyager.net> wrote: buymbpa...@gmail.com wrote: It fits W114, W115, W107, W123 I love the instructions. Set your torque wrench for 55 foot pounds, and carefully go around the bolts in a criss cross pattern as shown. If ANY of the bolts move, return the part for exchange. If the bolts aren't turning, why would it matter what order you don't turn them in? If one of them does turn, I'm going to quit torquing bolts and immediately fail the thing, so who cares what order I check them in? Mitch. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
