I was under my 1985 300D 5 speed checking an exhaust rattle and I noticed that the vibration damper (I think) on the driveshaft looked like it wasn't long for this world. My regular mechanic said to just remove it as he hasn't seen it on other cars and couldn't locate it in his parts manual.

Does anyone have any experience with this part? There was an old posting from 1999 that referenced part number 123.411.15.87 but the reply said to just remove it!

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Rich Schoenfeld

1985 300D Euro 5 speed
1981 300D Lange - including the story
1978 450SEL 6.9 Euro
1961 190Db - project
1981 280TE - first Mercedes but no longer with me