Yeah I ordered two, but was in a bit of a rush I guess and only replaced the one. Did the other side this afternoon.
On Tue, Jul 4, 2023, at 17:42, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: > Did someone forget to mention these are usually replaced in pairs? > > Nice that you got an additional year out of one! > > -D > ________________________________ > From: Mercedes <mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com> on behalf of Allan > Streib via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Tuesday, July 4, 2023 2:52 PM > To: Jaime Kopchinski <jaime...@gmail.com>; Mercedes Discussion List > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: Allan Streib <astr...@fastmail.fm> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] W116 driveshaft carrier bearing failure symptoms > > Sure enough, the other link broke this weekend. > > I guess I got an extra year out of it though. > > On Mon, Jun 27, 2022, at 09:02, Jaime Kopchinski wrote: >> Take a closer look at the other side. The extreme failure is when they >> break, but before that the little ball joints on each end develop play and >> make knocking noise. That's when they need replacement. >> >> Jaime >> >> >> On Sun, Jun 26, 2022 at 7:55 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> Parts arrived from FCP Euro and I replaced the broken link today. >>> >>> I ordered two, but only replaced the broken one which was on the driver's >>> side. Hanging on to the other one as a spare. >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Jun 22, 2022, at 4:27 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: >>> > Ding ding! Looks like this is the winner. Thanks! >>> > >>> > Allan >>> > >>> > >>> > On Tue, Jun 21, 2022, at 8:24 PM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes wrote: >>> >> Broken rear sway bar link will cause this. When you turn, the end of the >>> >> bar rubs against the wheel and makes noise. >>> >> >>> >> Jaime >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> On Tue, Jun 21, 2022 at 2:30 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < >>> >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >> >>> >>> Would a screeching/metallic rubbing noise on turns possibly be explained >>> >>> by this? >>> >>> >>> >>> When it failed in my W123 it was more of a clunking noise as the >>> >>> driveshaft was flopping around. >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> >>> 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >>> >> -- >>> >> Jaime Kopchinski >>> >> http://www.jaimekop.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 >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> >> -- >> Jaime Kopchinski >> http://www.jaimekop.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 _______________________________________ 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
