Heres my question,
Is the front "axle" the same as the rear? or is there a different setup?

My front right C.V Boot needs to be changed but I wanna change the whole shabang.
I am thinking that would be the axle with the whole assembly.
Would that be with a homokinetic joint in or out? or is that just the different model types

Is this right? The new axle on this website costs less then the remanufactured one.....

Is a reman...axle better than a new one?

Sometimes people use terms which express things a little differently. But only the rear axle of your Mercedes has two half shafts each with two booted cv joints. So, if you replace one half shaft you do replace two joints, if you replace both half shafts, you replace four joints. It is not a bad job, less work doing both at the same time then to replace first one side, then the other side. There is excellent coverage of this job in the DIY section of this page.

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1983 Mercedes W123 240D 4 Speed 285,000 on the road with a 617 turbo, beautiful butter yellow, license plate # 83 240D INDIANA

2003 Jaguar Type X, AWD. beautiful, good mileage,
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I didn't look today, but a few months ago I think a new axle from the Forum parts supplier was more then $600.00 and the remanufactured ones, like the rebuilder in Denver that many have used, or the local parts house like I used sell the rebuilts for about $125.00.I definetly would go new if the price was anywhere close, even double

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Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important. C.S. Lewis



1983 Mercedes W123 240D 4 Speed 285,000 on the road with a 617 turbo, beautiful butter yellow, license plate # 83 240D INDIANA

2003 Jaguar Type X, AWD. beautiful, good mileage,
Mom's car, but I won't let her drive it!

Ok So How does the Front look?? is it just the cv boots(L+R) on one main axle?

Ok so I think I may have found what it is called, CV Drive Axle does that sound right ?

That's right. Drive axle. Front is independent suspension, no axle, no cv joints.

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Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important. C.S. Lewis



1983 Mercedes W123 240D 4 Speed 285,000 on the road with a 617 turbo, beautiful butter yellow, license plate # 83 240D INDIANA

2003 Jaguar Type X, AWD. beautiful, good mileage,
Mom's car, but I won't let her drive it!

Well, unless you have some sort of extremely unusual W123 300D with 4-wheel drive, there's only a front knuckle/axle unit, with the brake rotor bolted to a hub & wheel-bearing assy. Hub & wheel bearing assy is secured to the axle with a clamp-nut & washer and rotates on the axle. The front axle is fixed solidly to the knuckle and doesn't rotate. The knucke/axle assy is attached to the upper & lower control arms with ball-joints.
There are no CV boots, CV joints or half-shafts/drive-axles on the front of these cars - only the rear.

Happy Motoring, Mark

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Ok thanks everyone for your input sofar.

So when I turn right in my vehicle at a speed higher than 40km/hr I got a knocking/clanking sound in my front right wheel, When I turn left at the same speed it turns smoothly...
What could be the cause of that?
is it possibly the front knuckle/axle unit ?
or maybe the upper or lower control arm ball joints?

Check for any looseness in the front wheel lug-bolts, hub-bearings, balljoints, bushings, steering, or even the brake caliper mountings. There's also a slim possibility of an out of round/defective wheel/tire assy.

Happy Motoring, Mark

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Hmm I will check it but I just changed my bearrings on both sides including break discs and pads so I think it may be the ball joints or something behind the hub and dustshield.
Thanks.

Also check the tie rod ends.

I have a Front end rebuild kit + video on the way, It should be here Monday or Tuesday hopefully all will go well I will take step by step pictures, I wish more people did on thier D.I.Y jobs. Thanks for all your help..

Even though you just did the bearings there could still be something wrong with them. So don't overlook checking them for a fault. New bearings can be bad.

Tom W

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

O.k thanks