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My brother's former W123 snapped a coil when I lifted the rear off the ground to work on the suspension. Ended up just putting new springs in along with the work I was doing to it.
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The right rear wheel was a little hotter than the left. And I noticed I need new rotors pretty soon. That was it.
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And the winner is....
Right rear wheel bearing. Between 1/16 and 1/8 of play in the wheel when I moved it in and out, consistent up-down and front-back. Oddly, no sound when turned (albeit, unloaded). Part on order.
Checked brakes, springs, links, and axles. Everything else looked great. Thanks everyone for the input and suggestions. Much appreciated. PS: on the BOOM issue, I still doubt that was a bearing noise. However, I did my lower back in pulling the two rear wheels and crawling around under the car, so the fuel tank investigation is postponed. I am not going to drive the car anyway, unless I have to.
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maybe the boom is unrelated and you just drove over a plastic water bottle or something.
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Someone else suggested that too. I cannot imagine what kind of water bottle would make a sound like a dead blow hammer hitting an empty oil drum....
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If you did your back in just finding the problem perhaps you need to reconsider doing the wheel bearing yourself? Those slotted nuts are up for a serious fight.
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Frankly having looked over two DIYs on it my appetite for the job has waned considerably. I am going to let someone else do it.... but will watch intently as.... I realized yesterday that my TD also has a growling bearing, and I am pretty sure it's the rear. Fun times!
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How many miles on these two? Just curious.
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300d = 117k
300td = 170k Both US cars, in miles.
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One time with the military, I was at a machine gun shoot. A group of us were about ten meters behind the firing line. Someone decided to be funny and make an MRE bomb using the heater from an MRE and a plastic bottle half full of water. When it went off, it was so loud, the guy shooting the M60 turned around and looked. We got talked to about that one.
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I am happy to report that having taken someone along for a ride on the weekend, it seems that the bearing sound in my wagon is either the right front or the driveshaft center bearing.
Oddly I have never, ever had a wheel bearing issue in any of the other Mercedes I have owned (since 1997), three of which were much higher mileage and two in decidedly worse shape than the pair I have now.
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I have also had stuck calipers sound like a bad bearing or worse on my 72 and the 85.
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Actually I meant to write in the earlier post I have never done ANY bearing on any of the cars I owned.
Just weird that the lowest-mileage Mercedes I've owned, the 300d, needs two at once (center bearing is making noise too). I guess that tells us what comes of not driving these cars (previous owner was elderly, car was very low miles when I got it). Also, of course, time marches on and stuff just plain gets old after too many years. Like me
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What does a bad center bearing sound like? Sometimes i've been getting a sound like keys jiggling coming from the car whenever i'm approaching a stop and I have a curb on my left reflecting the sound of the car back to me.
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The center bearing can also make a rhythmic brushing sort of sound (drove a parts car once that did that). Jingling keys is a new one on me. Sure it's exterior to the car and not something inside a door or outside mirror?
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