Hi, my friend had her 85 300D to Mercedes for a look over and they said she had a rear wheel bearing gone and a "drive shaft bearing" Since I don't have the car to look at I am not 100% sure what they meant on the drive shaft part. They quoted her $42.00 for the bearing and $96.00 for the boot. Anyone have any idea what they may be referring to? Would they mean the support bearing? Is there a boot there? If anyone has a drawing that would be very helpful. 85 W123

One of my cars had a center drive shaft bearing with a boot.
But I doubt that the boot for the drive shaft is $96.

That sounds like an axle boot price.

The $42 drive shaft bearing sounds okay.

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Ya that's throwing me too. I am not sure where that price came from but I went for a small bolt to hold the pan on the bottom of my 124 and they (MB) wanted $7 for the bolt so nothing surprises me anymore

The "boot"quote is odd considering the drive shaft needs to be pulled to do the ctr support bearing and the rubber boot would be nothing to change with the d/s out. Maybe they are talking $96 for labor.

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