i found some lobro (fan club members, do not look) the are expensive. how much is this car actually worth?
http://www.vertexautoparts.com/OEM/viewProducts.aspx?year=1973&makeID=MERCEDES+BENZ&modelID=1192845&catID=Axle+%26+Driveshaft&groupID=Rear+Drive On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Dimitri Seretakis <dsereta...@yahoo.com>wrote: > 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 > -- save 5% on our already low, low prices. use coupon code DAVE at checkout. www. 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