w201 2.6 rear end noises - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

JamesDean · #1 03-07-2007, 01:37 AM

hello everyone,

after an absolutely (and i mean absolute u cant get much worse) horrible weekend...life greeted me with an unexpected surprise to add to my already staggering amount of dismay...my lovely w201 190E 2.6 decided to show its age and start making noises in the back end. So i took it up to my mechanic's shop (my family has been going to him for the past 2 decades) and we put the 190 up on the rack...he determines that the noise is coming from these fellows:

which are relativlely cheap to replace had my suspension been stock, but my 190 is lowered and there for has adjustable camber bars..of what manufacture i dont know..if there are the culprit anyone suggest replacements?

however a good friend of mine who knows cars (not mercedes) but cars in general diagnosed it to be one of three things 1) the differential is going 2) the axle is going or 3) the CV joint/shaft needs replaced..

i found a part number on the differential but cannot pull any information about it...can anyone tell me anything about it... 124 351 0608..as far as i know there have been no modifications to it internally so i am going to assume whatever data is found on that part is true for my part...

now ive taken some audio/video of the noises hopefully someone out there can identifiy the problem and we'll see what goes on from there and what possible repairs there are..

Here are the videos...the sound is very apparent..it sounds like a loud knocking/tapping sound..hopefully u can hear it and diagnose...

I am also going to repost this on other MB forums I frequent...

Video 1

Video 2

Thanks,

Kris