The final tightening of the driveline slip collar and the mounts is supposed to be done with the suspension under normal load. If the shop installed the shaft and bearing with the car on the lift, things might not be aligned quite right, unless the lift supported the car by the wheels and not the frame.
Allan On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 08:35 -0400, "Ralph Robertson" <rare...@gmail.com> wrote: > The shop that did the balancing was recommended by Rusty at MB Parts, > so I feel they are worthy of his recommendation. They did mark the > correct way to re-join the two sections, and the shop doing my vehicle > work, was well aware of the importance of getting the two sections put > back together properly. I neglected to include the numerous wheel/tire > balancing exercising that I did first, as that was the most obvious. > The shop that has been working on this vehicle had the car up on a > hoist, and several times did the speed test after each mount/ flex > disc. change. The vibration is quite noticeable. They even had the > rear wheels removed to eliminate that aspect. The centre bearing and > support was changed at the same time as the support was very worn out > letting the shaft droop. The vibration feels exactly as though the > shaft is not exactly straight, with that flexing kind of vibration > that would result. I can feel the vibration in the shaft tunnel, as > well as the floor of the car. I feel that this may be culprit, but how > to make sure the shaft is perfectly level, is what I will pursue now. > > Ralph _______________________________________ 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://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
