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Old 01-30-2013, 04:25 AM
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Originally Posted by t walgamuth View Post
The two bearing design in a normal sedan would allow smaller diameter ds tube to be used. I would be surprised though if any standard wheelbase cars were built with that feature though.
(Sorry for the late reply - computer trouble this week)

I too was surprised to see the Russian EPC pictures showing the two UJ prop shaft design (look back at the picture and notice the chassis designation at the top).

I've been informed that it was a very early "feature" of the W123...

Do you know what the W114/W115 set up is like?

(We need someone like you with lots of cars to tell us this kind of stuff!)
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