Yeah, I know. I chased the driveshaft shake all over the place on my SDL after an idiot took it apart after they took it off without my permission. I never did find it.
At 11:18 AM 5/27/2008, you wrote: >That is great Loren. Nothing worse to track and fix than vibrations. >Sometimes $ is spent without much success. > >Randy > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Loren Faeth >Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 9:28 AM >To: Mercedes Discussion List >Subject: [MBZ] Drive shaft vibration solution > > >In recent weeks we had a discussion, started by K'leb about >driveshaft vibration. My 87 300D has had this problem since I got >it. last night, after curing 3 other vehicles, I got to the >driveshaft problem. I found a used driveshaft for $50 and put a new >carrier bearing and rubber mount on it. (thx Rusty) The new shaft >had a flat spot in the u joint bearing, but i figured it would last a >couple of more years anyway. It came with the rubber flex disks, but >no bolts. the front flex disk was good, but the rear showed cracking. > >With that ready, it was time to tackle the problem. When i got the >"old" driveshaft out, it looked pretty good, and the ujoint was >good. The alignment marks lined up, so my first suspicion was >negated. Both flex disks showed some cracking, but no bad >tears. when I pulled them off the shaft, I looked again, and saw one >bushing was chewed up on one flex plate. After this, I started >looking things over and found a matching messed up area on the rear >pinion flange. I saw the pinion nut takes a special wrench, >different than the one I made for the 123 240D. I decided to try >putting it back together, since there was no way to get a new flex >disk on Memorial day, at 7 PM. When I put the rear disk on, I bolted >down the two good bushing counterbores on the rear flange first, then >tightened down the messed up one, hoping that the first two would >align the third. I used the chewed up bolt in a different hole, and >the nut on yet a third hole. (I checked and could not find any used >flex joint bolts around. I may end up putting a new flex disk on the >rear at some point, and i may actually pay to replace the rear flange >someday. But not wanting to have the car up on blocks littering my >driveway for a week or more, I opted to put it back together. > >Obviously, some knucklehead left a bolt loose at some time. Always >take a couple of minutes to be sure all 6 (12) bolts are actually >tight after you finish driveshaft work. > >After I finished, I put the car down and took it for a little test >drive. Absolutely, wonderfully, SMOOTH! Success! > >It looks like I have a spare driveshaft. Good insurance that the >other one will not give out. > > > >Loren Faeth > > >_______________________________________ >http://www.okiebenz.com >For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >_______________________________________ >http://www.okiebenz.com >For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com Loren Faeth _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
