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#1
01-22-2018, 07:29 AM
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limited slip differential oil?
I replaced my passenger side axle this weekend after reading the how-to's
on here. I used to be a member of the ShopForum over 10 years ago and I remember reading that if your diff cover was fined there was a good chance you had a limited slip differential. well mine is finned and the inside looks like a limited slip differential "I know it's kind of wasted on a 240d" so the Question is what kind of differential oil do I use ? 
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#3
01-22-2018, 09:40 AM
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That looks like an open diff to me, all you have in there are 4 spiders and the spider locking shaft. Use a GL5 rated gear oil, your manual should list the viscosity, I can't remember it off the top of my head.
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1984 300TD -- summer daily driver Many others that aren't Mercedes...
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#4
01-22-2018, 10:00 AM
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It does look like a regular diff. To tell for sure, jack up both sides. Then turn the wheel on one side, while observing the opposite wheel. If that wheel turns in the same direction, it's limited slip. If it turns in the opposite direction, it's open.
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#5
01-22-2018, 10:13 AM
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That is 100% an open differential. Not a limited-slip.
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1998 E300 turbodiesel America's Rights and Freedoms Are Not The Enemy!
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01-22-2018, 03:14 PM
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A rear cover with fins possibly being an LSD is BS, sorry.... many diffs have those fins (couldn't tell you exactly which ratios/chassis had them, I know a '77 280 has one...)
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1978 300D, 373,000km 617.912, 711.113 5 speed, 7.5mm superpump, HX30W turbo...many, many years in the making.... 1977 280> 300D - 500,000km+ (to be sold...) 1984 240TD>300TD 121,000 miles, *gone* 1977 250 parts car 1988 Toyota Corona 2.0D *gone* 1975 FJ45>HJ45 1981 200>240D (to be sold...) 1999 Hyundai Lantra 1.6 *gone* 1980s Lansing Bagnall FOER 5.2 Forklift (the Mk2 engine hoist) 2001 Holden Rodeo 4JB1T 2WD 
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#8
01-29-2018, 08:55 AM
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? Who supplied the new axle ? .
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-Nate 1982 240D 408,XXX miles Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better
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#10
01-30-2018, 10:35 PM
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W123 Drive Axle
Chinese I assume ? .
None of my regular parts suppliers seem to carry any drive axles for these anymore .
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-Nate 1982 240D 408,XXX miles Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better
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#11
02-01-2018, 01:12 AM
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You can get a really high quality rebuilt axle from cvj in Denver. I also recall peachparts and Auto Haus also have chinese rebuilts that are annular. No need to crack the differential to replace those!
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#12
02-01-2018, 01:24 AM
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Yeah I tried them ~ they wanted what M-B wants for brandy new ones, _pass_ .
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-Nate 1982 240D 408,XXX miles Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better
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