Then you remove the parking brake linkage and drop the little cross member that the carrier bearing is sitting on. Then there are two big nuts, one just a little smaller then the other just forward of the carrier bearing, right on the drive shaft. I think one (the small one) is 1 and 1/16th. A good crescent wrench will hold it while you loosen the large one with a big channel locks. Sounds difficult, but it really isn't hard. That will allow you to shorten the drive line by about 6 inches. Make sure you mark both pieces of the drive line with a good marker before you take them apart, though some have two little raised lines on the one piece and one raised line on the other piece. The singe raised line has to be lined up between the double raised line. If you can't find that, mark it with white paint. Since your in there that far, better take a good look at the carrier bearing and the rubber mount it sits in. It also is a very good source of vibrations, and the rubber is probably really rotten. Then to finish it all up, replace the bearing also. There is a good write up with pictures in the DIV section, but it is on the W123.

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1983 Mercedes W123 240D 4 Speed 285,000 on the road with a 617 turbo, beautiful butter yellow, license plate # 83 240D INDIANA

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