I spent $25 in postage last month sending a Uro blower motor back. That will be the first and last time I consider this brand.

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1993 400E, 256,000 miles (totaled)
1994 E420, 200,000+ miles
1995 E420, 201,000 miles

Two or three years ago I had never heard of URO parts. None my parts suppliers carried their parts. Now it seems there is a lot of this URO crap everywhere. As if they are mass manufacturing the W124 catalog now. I recall going through a few fan bearing brackets in 08/09 and I was getting Febi/Bilstein for ~$109. Now I can only get a URO bracket for $90.

Even a few years ago, I was hearing about the chinese outsourcing of Febi/Bilstein/Meyle and questionable QC. URO is definitely a step below Febi/Bilstein/Meyle while their pricing is nearly identical, and nowhere even close to dealership OEM parts.

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1991 300E - 212K and rising fast...

Have you ever had problems with a Febi fan bearing bracket on an M103? I purchased one to install that was supposedly manufactured in Germany. I read somewhere that Febi was an OE supplier for the bracket to Mercedes, but I don't know if that's true.

Does anyone know who the OEM for the M103 fan bearing bracket was? Has anyone had any problems with a Febi/Bilstein fan bearing bracket they installed new in an M103?

I had one Febi straight out of the box where the flange was pushed way back allowing the pulley to rub badly on the front of the engine. The replacement Febi has been fine so far, 50,000 miles/2 years or so.

I generally don't have many issues at all with Febi/Bilstein/Meyle stuff.

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1991 300E - 212K and rising fast...

Thanks for the response.

That bearing bracket replacement is not something I want to do twice because of a defective and/or poor quality bracket. I normally bite the bullet and purchase OE Mercedes parts in cases like this. However, even my cost is $260 for an OE one from the dealer. The Febi bracket that I purchased cost half of that.

Has anyone else had any experience with the Febi bracket?

I've had it in my 260E for about a year now, smooth, quiet no issues.

I've had good experience with Febi/Bilstein products so far.

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2003 Gray Mercedes ML350 - 122k

I bought an APA (Chinese manufactured) water pump for one of my M103's. It doesn't seem tp pump enough water around at idle speeds - higher operating speeds is O.K. If changing the water pump wasn't such a P.I.T.A. I would be changing it out for a better brand.

I thought Bilstein was an OE manufacturer for MB? I think a few of my parts that are original say Bilstein on it, I've also seen Veritas. As for the Febi brand...are they merged or a subsidiary of Bilstein? I remember getting a part (can't remeber what), but it was yellow and red and it said "Febi/Bilstein" on it. I think a belt tensioner, but I'm not sure.


Also, I've had a few parts that I used from Uro parts, but no complaints yet. I'll keep you all posted.

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1990 190E 3.0L

i tried to go back through my records and see if i had any uro parts..... i couldn't determine.... but i know i have avoided uro rubber parts...and i think my fan bracket is febi.. i know that is not uro... i bought the fan bracket about four years ago...

i know i have uro something..... but it wasn't for a critical part.....

the only "part" problem i had was that someone once sent me a fan clutch that was the wrong part..... they replaced it with the correct one.....other than that.... my replacement parts from various sources over the last 7 years have been very reliable....

i have never replaced a "replacement" part..... at least not yet.....

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1989 300ce 129k
( facelifted front,updated tail lights, lowered suspension,bilstein sports, lorinser front spoiler, MOMO steering wheel, remus exhaust,stainless steel brake lines). (Gone)

1997 s320 154k (what a ride). Sold with 179k miles. Replaced with Hyundai Equus

1994 e320 Cabriolet 108k



1972 280se 4.5 153k Owned for 12 yrs, sorry I sold it


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Hey Lee: Thanks for your post.

Do you know who manufactured the original fan bearing bracket that you replaced?

hope , don't know it..... i am sure it was original to the car... it was for the 1989 300ce

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1989 300ce 129k
( facelifted front,updated tail lights, lowered suspension,bilstein sports, lorinser front spoiler, MOMO steering wheel, remus exhaust,stainless steel brake lines). (Gone)

1997 s320 154k (what a ride). Sold with 179k miles. Replaced with Hyundai Equus

1994 e320 Cabriolet 108k



1972 280se 4.5 153k Owned for 12 yrs, sorry I sold it


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Anyone seeing this thread would best avoid URO at ALL COSTS!
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?t=295958&highlight=uro

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Ok everyone, I posted on this thread about 2 years ago, at the time I said that I had a Uro brand part, in particular a front flex disk that I put on my car 3/18/2011..... I recently re-examined the part and it is still in good shape. No cracking, no loosening of the screws, etc. and its been 2 years and about 43000 miles (I do a lot of driving.) I am in no way endorsing Uro brand products or trying to go against the masses here at the forum, I am simply making an unbiased observation through my personal experience as I said I would do 2 years ago.

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Thanks for the update.


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I think that might be an all-time record for Uro flex discs.

I wonder if the Uro flex discs experience sudden failure, or if they provide some warning in the form of cracks / etc well before failure. The photo below is what has happened to multiple people with Uro flex discs. It's a brave soul who continues to drive their car knowing Uro flex discs are installed. Remember that a failure of the front flex disc often sets off the airbags, on cars so equipped...

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