No, but I did replace a drive shaft in the '76 300D when the u-joint in the middle started making noises and was notchy. Didn't want it to break while driving ;-)
On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 2:24 PM, <dsereta...@yahoo.com> wrote: > My brother did. Last night. Driving back from a rental property in > Worcester (Wustah). Pulling away from toll booth, most horrible scraping, > grating noise I've ever heard come from a car. > Took 8 hrs to get home between all the tow trucks. > Some background: > 89 300TE. > He had front flex disk replaced a couple months ago. Mechanic said that > shaft was rusted together in center and therefore couldn't be compressed > enough to get new flex disk in. He had to undo motor mounts to push engine > forward enough so that flex disc could fit. > Guess he had it coming. > > > -- OK Don "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin 1775 "in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." - Benjamin Franklin 1789 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://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
