As I recall, if it’s not cracked or broken, you’re good. Mine had a crack in one of the windings of the spring, so I replaced it. I suspect if things get bad enough when the little shock absorber fails it stresses the spring, too, after a while.
This was a pretty easy repair as I recall. -D > On Nov 7, 2023, at 3:28 PM, Dimitri Seretakis <dsereta...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Yes it also has a spring. It seems ok so I didn’t order one. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Nov 7, 2023, at 5:11 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> I think I did the spring on mine as well, as I think it had cracked or >> broken. Didn’t these have a big metal spring, too? >> >> -D >> >>> On Nov 7, 2023, at 2:44 PM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes >>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> I know I changed the shock absorber once but that could have been a quarter >>> million miles ago. >>> Dwight E. Giles Jr. >>> Bissell Cove >>> Wickford RI >>> >>> >>>> On Tue, Nov 7, 2023 at 1:37 PM Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes < >>>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> So I finally got to replacing the serpentine belt on the 90 300D 2.5Turbo. >>>> The belt broke leaving me stranded a couple of months ago. I attributed it >>>> to the idler pulley being seized but it’s not actually seized. When the >>>> belt shredded apart, bits of it got wedged behind the pulley giving the >>>> impression that it was seized. So my question is what caused the serpentine >>>> belt to fail catastrophically? The belt drive has been making a rattling >>>> noise for a few years now so I assumed it was the pulley but it doesn’t >>>> seem to be bad. I have a new one on hand so I will replace it anyway. I’m >>>> just worried that there is some other problem. >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> 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 >> > _______________________________________ 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
