Did someone forget to mention these are usually replaced in pairs? Nice that you got an additional year out of one!
-D ________________________________ From: Mercedes <mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com> on behalf of Allan Streib via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 4, 2023 2:52 PM To: Jaime Kopchinski <jaime...@gmail.com>; Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Cc: Allan Streib <astr...@fastmail.fm> Subject: Re: [MBZ] W116 driveshaft carrier bearing failure symptoms Sure enough, the other link broke this weekend. I guess I got an extra year out of it though. On Mon, Jun 27, 2022, at 09:02, Jaime Kopchinski wrote: > Take a closer look at the other side. The extreme failure is when they > break, but before that the little ball joints on each end develop play and > make knocking noise. That's when they need replacement. > > Jaime > > > On Sun, Jun 26, 2022 at 7:55 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> Parts arrived from FCP Euro and I replaced the broken link today. >> >> I ordered two, but only replaced the broken one which was on the driver's >> side. Hanging on to the other one as a spare. >> >> >> On Wed, Jun 22, 2022, at 4:27 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: >> > Ding ding! Looks like this is the winner. Thanks! >> > >> > Allan >> > >> > >> > On Tue, Jun 21, 2022, at 8:24 PM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes wrote: >> >> Broken rear sway bar link will cause this. When you turn, the end of the >> >> bar rubs against the wheel and makes noise. >> >> >> >> Jaime >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 21, 2022 at 2:30 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < >> >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> >> >>> Would a screeching/metallic rubbing noise on turns possibly be explained >> >>> by this? >> >>> >> >>> When it failed in my W123 it was more of a clunking noise as the >> >>> driveshaft was flopping around. >> >>> _______________________________________ >> >>> 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 >> >>> >> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> 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 >> > >> > _______________________________________ >> > 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 > > > -- > 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 _______________________________________ 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
