Originally Posted by chasinthesun

Stretch ,thank you for chiming in ,Ive read your great right up on the MB 190E 5SPD you serviced ,in my case Ive changed the fluid with the recommended MB trans fluid as my 1st service go thru on the car .It was neglected for sometime with remnants of fine metal on the magnitzed drain plug .The unbolting of the driveshaft as I dug into the current issue was unsettling ,someone had serviced the frt flex disc but did not torq down the driveshaft bolts thoroughly ,1 bolt was missing ,1 was loose ,only 1 was holding things in place ,could this have contributed to a bearing going bad on the rear of the 5spds shaft in some way? Could this uneven force on the back of the 5spd cause a lossening of the pinion nut ,a simple replacement nut with retightening a new bolt be a possible fix ? A followup question on the nut ,do you torq it down any specific force?I have purchased a deep 30mm 12point socket and the nut but I now believe it might be the wrong nut ,just cant see how to put a punch to THE NUT to pin it in place.The yolk has someplay ,gear lash ,but seems unsmooth ,their is no loosens as you hold the yolk and try to move it with force ,outward or up and down ,the play is rotational ,3secs on a clock would be the best way to describe it. Should I not mess with the nut and just replace the fluid once more ,see if it clears up?