My 1987 300TD had a whine somewhere aft. So being a genius I replaced the diff assembly, and it still whined. Center bearing, only six months old, was talking to me. Replaced it and viola quiet as can be. YMMV. Fred
On Wed, Jun 7, 2023 at 3:16 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I had similar trouble with my '85 190D. It got very loud before I replaced > it and the replacement was just as loud as that which I removed. > > The problem here would be, apparently, the fact that they're so good in > the first place. Remember we're talking about nearly 40 year old cars here. > It's pretty unlikely a diff from an American or Japanese car of the same > vintage won't have had work done to it already. Nobody makes a rebuild kit > because we've never needed a rebuild kit since they didn't fail in the > first 30 years. > > Seems like a business opportunity for somebody entrepreneurial which I'm > not... > > -Curt > > > > On Wednesday, June 7, 2023 at 02:47:24 PM EDT, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > Has anyone else run into a serial differential swapping issue? I have been > through about four differentials in the past year on the 300td and the > 560sel. Originals started whining so I thought I was doing a good thing by > swapping, but then the replacement on the wagon seems to have blown a seal > and is trying to seize up while the 560 locked up tight on the 405 > yesterday leaving the car in the slow lane and me running upstream on the > other side of the jersey wall frantically waving off traffic like that guy > in Team America, just waiting for someone to plow into it until the chp > arrived to shut the whole freeway down. Total drag. > > I would happily put a new or factory rebuild in, but since they are nla and > no one can figure out the rebuild, I guess its back to boneyard roulette! > > I thought these things never went out, but as serious transportation > solution this is making my cars sort of a joke. Time for a Bolt or a second > Lexus or something I guess. My Dad has a pickup he has been trying to get > me to drive, so maybe that is the answer. I have never experienced this > problem before, but there doesnt seem to be a reliable solution. I can > recall taking the diff out of our 55 convertible in the 1990s and taking it > to the diff shop to get it rebuilt. Doesnt seem that hard. For some reason > a mercedes diff is just a paperweight when it is worn out. Unbelievably > stupid engineering. > > On Wed, Jun 7, 2023, 9:15 AM Bob Rentfro via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > > https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/907861446943871/v > > > > > > > > AZBob > > > > > > > > Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for > > Windows > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- Fred Moir Lynn MA Diesel preferred _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
