I've found quite a few posts describing the awful thumping noise I've got going on in the rear of my '82 240D. It's definitely coming from the drivers side axle and gets worse as the car warms up. Both axles have splits in the boots even though only one side is making the noise.

Here's the question: Can I buy just one rebuilt one for the drivers side and just replace the boots and CV lube on the passenger side? Am I just going to have to do a whole nother axle job a few months down the road? I'm on a budget, but I dont' want to spend more time on this project then I have to.

Thanks,

Deanna

PS: Car likely has 200,000 miles or so- odometer has stopped who knows when.

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1976 300D 217k...an old car needin some love. (GONE OFF TO RUSTY CAR HEAVEN)

1982 240D probably something like 190,000 miles...was Old Yeller, but I changed the name to Buttercup