I find it really odd that I can pickup a center support with bearing
for just about any Mercedes for around $20 to $30 (bearing and support).

But the 1983 300SD seems to come as $20 or so for the support and another
$20 or so for the bearing. Bringing the price closer to $50.

The sellers with these only can say that the manufacturer made the lists and
they only distribute (no first hand knowledge).

It seems that the 300SD bearing must match other MB vehicles ?

Does anybody have any comment on these ?

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80 300D 340K Owned 30 yrs
83 300SD 440K Owned 9 yrs - Daily Driver 150mi/day
02 Z71 Suburban 117,000
15 Toyota Prius 2600 miles
00 Harley Sportster 24k
09 Yamaha R6
03 Ninja 250

The support is unique to the 126 body. The bearing is the same as on many of the other cars, 123, 124, 140, 210, 211 etc.

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1981 300D 147k
1998 VW Jetta Tdi 320k
2001 Dodge Ram 2500 141k
1979 300D 234k (sold)
1984 300D "Astor" 262k(sold)
Mercedes How-To and Repair Pictorials
I love the smell of diesel smoke in my hair

Thats what it costs.

Replaced mine last fall, seems to have gotten rid of the driveshaft vibration.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Don't remember the cost but I did mine recently and it got rid of a lot of the big vibrations. Now I'm suspecting my u-joint so I'm going to swap driveshafts with my wrecked car that had no vibrations when it was running.

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Seth

1984 300D 225K
1985 300D Donor body
1985 300D Turbo 165K. Totaled. Donor Engine. It runs!!!
1980 300SD 311K My New Baby.
1979 BMW 633csi 62K+++? Dead odo

When I bought my 83 SD last October the shaft bearing and assy was totally shot, limited my test drive to 5MPH, so that $50 solution was my first exposure to MB...it seemed pretty reasonable to me and still does for a bearing/rubber/mount and associated bits and pieces. It's not like my old Olds afterall. What ticked me off was $37 for a motor mount.

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1983 300SD... 269,000 miles, nearly 2,500 on my B-100, Faded Grey, Ugly in an elegant sort of way...Duh-Benz


If any of this has been a blasphemy to you, then good, because it's been a blast for me to...A.Whitney Brown

You got ripped, motor mounts should be under $20 for these cars.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Uuuugh! I'll bear that in mind when I do the other side, Thanks!

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1983 300SD... 269,000 miles, nearly 2,500 on my B-100, Faded Grey, Ugly in an elegant sort of way...Duh-Benz


If any of this has been a blasphemy to you, then good, because it's been a blast for me to...A.Whitney Brown

I paid $17 each last year for the SDL's mounts. And AFAIK they are the same or very very similer to the SD's mounts.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200