It looks like that design doesn't have a great big nut that secures the two parts of the propshaft in one place - interesting (!)...

At the start of your film it looks like the centre bearing support moves more than I would expect - but it is difficult to judge 'cos I don't know how hard you were pulling on it.

I can say that most of the W202 / W201 propshaft problems reported seem to be related to the UJ rather than the splines.

{On my 100,000 mile W201 the UJ has a distinct clang}

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Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!