Hi,

I just discovered your board a week ago and have been completely immersed in reading all the information that people have contributed to this forum. My W123 has just torn an axle boot and I am ready to repair it. In my various searches through the site, I noticed that some of you have replaced your axles with Carquest/Autozone rebuilt shafts and others have mentioned that the rebuild quality of these shafts is not very good. I would just like to have a follow up opinion from those of you who have replaced your axles with these brands over the past couple of years. Are you still happy with the decision? For those of you who don't like the brands above, have these brands gotten any better, in your opinion, or are they still marginal purchases? Thanks in advance for any help.

Tom

You might also want to check out NAPA as they also have rebuilds and as some others they have a lifetime warranty. Just to give you some additional choices.

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1983 300D Silver -mine- 185,000 w/ donor transmission
1983 300D Gray (Franklin) -parts car- 180,000- no transmission and no oil pan
1994 S320 Silver -wife's-135,000

I replaced the axles in my wagon with Carquest replacements about 3,000 miles ago...good so far!

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1983 300td 240k (down with bad tranny)
1984 300d 222k (daily driver) "Olive"
1997 GMC K2500 105k (sled dog limo)

"The scenery in ANWR is as spectacular as the Grand Canyon and the wildlife is more impressive."

i have about 27k mi. now on my rebuilt carquest 1/2 shafts.

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1984 300D Turbo - 231k....totalled 11/30/07 RIP

I think I have about 20K on my reman axles. One from PepBoys and one from Carquest. No issues and none expected. Easy fix and fairly cheap. RT

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84' Mercedes Benz 300D Anthracite/black, 171K
03' Volkswagen Jetta TDI blue/black, 93K
93' Chevrolet C2500HD ExCab 6.5TD, Two-tone blue, 252K

Thanks for the replies, I will be calling carquest today.

Tom