I did this job on a W115 240D the other day... It was fairly easy. Mark the front and rear parts of the shaft as mentioned... I take a long straight edge and run a line with a wax pencil across the two. Pull the whole shaft, then separate it off the car. I was able to knock the old bearing out by supporting the carrier and gently knocking the end of the drive daft (with a plastic faced dead blow hammer). Reinstallation was done carefully with a wide flat punch.
It turned out the bearing was not fully seated in the carrier. Clown-mechanicery. One bolt on each of the flex discs were loose too. Very loose. Theres a torque spec for those bolts, and the lock nuts should be "renewed on principle". Make sure you take this into consideration. Good luck, Jaime On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 11:45 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin <[email protected]>wrote: > Never done one, think I need to on my 140. Do you just pull the whole > shaft then replace it? How does it come off? Ever since I pulled the engine > to replace that rod and head gasket I have had driveshaft vibration that is > sometimes there, sometimes not at all. I quit driving it because last week > I started getting a metallic rattle as well that sounded like a heat shield > or something rattling but when I checked everything seems tight. > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________ > 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 > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > -- Jaime Kopchinski http://www.jaimekop.com/ _______________________________________ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
