Prop shaft bearing - Would you change it?

[Graham]

I took this picture of my '72 350SL's prop shaft bearing.

I had the car in a transmission shop and provided them the parts for fle disks, prop shaft support & bearing and Diff support.

They did everything except the prop shaft bearing , saying it did not need replacement.

Another experienced MB mechanic, who has only seen teh picture tells me the support is torn and should have been replaced.

Any comments?