I took my 98 E320 Wagon in to my indy for its 60K once over. I asked him to replace the balancer. It showed no signs of deterioration, but once off the car you could see it was about to come apart sometime in the future. The rubber was separating. He installed a new balancer and bolt which was covered by my Heritage service contract. Cost was less than $200 to Heritage. My mechanic told me the Benz dealer was very interested in all the details of this near failure and had to order the part as they were out of stock. I never would have had a clue if it wasn't for this forum. Thanks!

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David
Tucson, AZ

98 E320 Wagon 66K
00 BMW 323i Sedan 38K
93 Volvo 945T 100K DECEASED 4/18/03 R.I.P.