> The rebuilt native 87 300td half shaft failed within 500 miles as > predicted and the diff tried to leave the subframe, which was twisted up in > the process. > > I have procured a v8 subframe, 2.65 210mm diff from a 91 500sl, v8 > driveshaft complete, and a 4 bolt flange for the transmission and a tranny > support from a v8 car (larger guibos I think require the V8 cast alu > support; not sure if it will bolt up as the mounting holes are spaced > further apart than the steel one). >
> I have urethane bushings for the whole car, so those will go into the new > subframe before it goes in. Also have a w211 rear AMG 21mm anti sway bar, > so will see how that fits. > > I have heard the v8 suspension links have a larger eg m12 bolt size than > the I6 cars. Can anyone confirm? > > May do the spindle bushings and bearings while it is apart, so thanks for > this thread. > > Karl > > > > On Fri, Jul 27, 2018, 3:40 PM Peter Frederick via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> SKF or Timken. >> >> _______________________________________ >> 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 >> >> _______________________________________ 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
