CV Axel question - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

SlashJoe · #1 03-03-2007, 02:41 PM

I’m new on this forum. I have an 85 300D T. Been working on this car more than driving it.

It’s my first German and first diesel car. It’s fun to work on though.

To the subject: I had the famous bang bang bang from the rear end, which lead me to the CV axels. The left one is a reman and the boots were clamped with…….. ZIP TIES!!! WTH!

They relaxed and the oil/grease leaked out. The outer boot was dry on the inside with sand like particles. Cleaned a little and packed it with some grease and gear oil. It didn’t last much more than 100 miles and the noise was back. So taking the advice from this forum and got a reman from CVJ Axles.

Was about to install it, but I decided to remove the right one, clean the cracked boots and apply some rubberized under coating on it. Once I got that one out, it felt loose. If I rotate the mid of the axle while holding the can on the outside of the inner CV joint, it shows a lot of slack.

So, does that mean it is shot? Other than the cracks, the boots seem intact. Not sure if it’s a reman or original. This on is the annular type.
For the left one that I originally suspected, other than the dry boot, there’s no slack. It’s not as tight as the new reman that I got (I can bend the joint easier).

So what do you all think? Replace them both? Or put the new one with the used-to-be-dry one and see what happens?

Also, when I removed the right axle, there was no spacer/washer on the axle, differential side. Is that normal?

There was one on the left side.

Thanks,
Joe…