Thread: Bad Flex Disc
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Old 03-27-2007, 06:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Matt L View Post
Similar job, but it won't deal with very much of an angle. The Benz has a body-mounted final drive unit, so the driveshaft doesn't move around when the suspension moves.

U-joints fail on RWD live-axle cars also, with similar very bad results. Drag racers are required to have driveshaft hoops to contain the shaft in the case of a joint failure.
Ahh, I see. But on my truck, when the U-joint starts to go out, it vibrates like hell around 50 mph.

Any similar symptom on the flexdisk?
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