Yep, you heard me. Can I cut the detached outer ring of the drive shaft vibration damper off the drive shaft so I don't have to undo the flex disk and all that junk? My vibration damper rubber cracked and came loose, so the outer ring is free from the inner section that is bolted to the driveshaft.

From what I read, the vibration damper doesn't do anything and was discontinued in later models. I have a 1992 300D.

If I do detach the drive shaft to get the vibration damper off, is it just a case of loosening the bolts at the flex disk/AT end, or do I have to do the other end too, like the FSM says?

Thanks.

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