I did a search and did not find much.
I believe my u-joint is going bad on the drive shaft. It appears Mercedes, or Fast Lane does not carry them. Has anybody ever replaced one of these? I know my front flex disk is bad, but when I grab the front shaft, and the rear shaft and twist, I get about .030" play. I have not confirmed if it is in the spline or joint, but from my experience, it feels like it is in the joint. I can buy the whole rear shaft with joint for $500.00, but if I can get the joint , they are typically no more than $18.00, go figure .

PeterG

92 300D 2.5 140K
79 300SD 90K

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PeterG

The drive shafts on these cars (incl the ujoint) are quite robust. Generally, it is the support bearing or the support bearing mount that has problems.

I have replaced a number of support bearings and housings on my 190 through 370,000. The u-joint at 370,000 has very little play.

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Jovan

'84 (11/83) 190D 2.2 5-Speed; Silver/Blue; Motor No. 00354, 402k mi (340+kmi mine)

'89 Porsche 911 Turbo Coupe; Black/Black; 53kmi
'05 BMW 530i 6-Speed; 302kmi
'19 Range Rover; 30kmi

I don't think you searched hard enough. There's lost of discussion about driveshafts here. Try here.

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Rick Miley
2014 Tesla Model S
2018 Tesla Model 3
2017 Nissan LEAF
Former MB: 99 E300, 86 190E 2.3, 87 300E, 80 240D, 82 204D Euro
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Thanks Rick and Jobah.

I am probably going to have to pull it down and carefully exaimine it. I know the flex disc is bad, but not sure about the u-joint. When you grab the drive shaft and turn it back and forth, I get a clicking sound out of it, but it could be slop in the spline of the split shaft. Is that common?

PeterG


92 300D 2.5 140K

79 300SD 90K

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PeterG