Thanks Rick, maybe worth a check, but I'm pretty sure that a worn clip would result in play that goes in/out, not up/down. ------------- Max Charleston SC
On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 4:00 PM Rick Knoble via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I don't know about W124 chassis, but on W123 > the axle is retained in the differential with a c-clip. > It has a shim, presumably for end play. > *If* the W124 is similar, perhaps the shim is > worn? > Rick > ________________________________________ > From: Mercedes <mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com> on behalf of Max Dillon > via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Monday, October 8, 2018 12:37 PM > To: Mercedes > Cc: Max Dillon > Subject: [MBZ] I think I found the source: rear axle knock > > https://youtu.be/7ZEMTHaHEeE > > Pushing up/down on the axle stub at the differential I can make a deep > knock, like the bearing on the side of the diff is bad. Light knock doing > the same on the half axle shaft. 389k miles, I think I need a "new" used > differential. > -- > Max Dillon > Charleston SC > '87 300TD > '95 E300 > _______________________________________ > 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 > > </mercedes@okiebenz.com></mercedes-boun...@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 > > _______________________________________ 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
