Re: [MBZ] Ever have a driveshaft snap in half?
I will get the front end checked over again for wear, etc. and hope for the best. The front rotors have been turned a few years ago, but not replaced. That could be the culprit. Will do that as well. Thanks for all the advice. Ralph '87 300SDL '84 300 CD On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 5:34 AM, John Reames jwrea...@comcast.net wrote: Could be a bad rotor; I had some that looked fine but was a layer of good metal over a sheet of rust... -- John W Reames jream...@verizon.net Home: +14106646986 Mobile: +14437915905 On Dec 17, 2013, at 10:32, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote: Ralph Robertson wrote: still shakes the steering wheel at speeds above 55mph, very smooth below this speed. Could be a loose wheel bearing, steering component, or front suspension component. But first, swap the front and rear wheels and see what happens. Mitch. ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Ever have a driveshaft snap in half?
MB rotors cannot be turned. To keep the unsprung weight down, they are disposable. When they acquire a lip on the outer edge from wear, get new ones. They are less expensive than getting them turned properly, and cutting them down will make them too thin -- and they then warp. Rear rotors being too thin will also cause the pistons in the calipers to cock and stick, which causes all sorts of other problems. I usually get two sets of pads per set of rotors, which for me is 120,000 miles or more (just put the second set of pads on the 300D at about 80,000 miles, I don't wear them badly). Peter ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Ever have a driveshaft snap in half?
And they're no more expensive than aftermarket from the dealership. Just put new rotors on my W140 a while back, and OE rotors were something like $87/each my cost from the dealer. I did, however, buy some nice ceramic pads from our sexy parts supplier to use with those rotors. Dan On Dec 21, 2013, at 10:54 AM, Peter Frederick wrote: MB rotors cannot be turned. To keep the unsprung weight down, they are disposable. When they acquire a lip on the outer edge from wear, get new ones. They are less expensive than getting them turned properly, and cutting them down will make them too thin -- and they then warp. Rear rotors being too thin will also cause the pistons in the calipers to cock and stick, which causes all sorts of other problems. I usually get two sets of pads per set of rotors, which for me is 120,000 miles or more (just put the second set of pads on the 300D at about 80,000 miles, I don't wear them badly). Peter ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Ever have a driveshaft snap in half?
Could be a bad rotor; I had some that looked fine but was a layer of good metal over a sheet of rust... -- John W Reames jream...@verizon.net Home: +14106646986 Mobile: +14437915905 On Dec 17, 2013, at 10:32, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote: Ralph Robertson wrote: still shakes the steering wheel at speeds above 55mph, very smooth below this speed. Could be a loose wheel bearing, steering component, or front suspension component. But first, swap the front and rear wheels and see what happens. Mitch. ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Ever have a driveshaft snap in half?
This topic made me resurrect my vibration/wobble problem with my '87 300SDL. Ever since I bought this car, I have had this problem and 5 years later I still have it. I have replaced everything I can think of in the drive train and still have the shimmy. Although it seems a lot better than original, and it should be! Is there anything in the diferential that could cause this? Even had the rear half axles replaced. My latest effort, the mechanic made some adjustments to the torgue for the rear axles and suggested it may have a differential issue. Is there a possibility a previous car accident may have caused this? I am rather frustrated at this minor shimmy after putting all this money and effort into this, but it still shakes the steering wheel at speeds above 55mph, very smooth below this speed. parts addressed; rear sway bar links., rear axles, drive shaft balanced,all flex discs, s-support, rubber mounts, motor mounts,tires,wheel balances,rear springs, transmission output shaft bearing. The shake can be felt in the steering wheel, just like wheel balance. Starts around 55mph, slakens off around 60, then comes back about 65 and seems to come and go at all speeds above that. Was quite strong, but now a minor shake but still aggravating on a long trip. Tires all seem to be wearing evenly, no scalloping. The car is in such great shape I hate to change it, and would rather fix it than swap. Ralph '87 300SDL '85 300 CD On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 1:06 AM, OK Don okd...@gmail.com wrote: No, but I did replace a drive shaft in the '76 300D when the u-joint in the middle started making noises and was notchy. Didn't want it to break while driving ;-) On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 2:24 PM, dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote: My brother did. Last night. Driving back from a rental property in Worcester (Wustah). Pulling away from toll booth, most horrible scraping, grating noise I've ever heard come from a car. Took 8 hrs to get home between all the tow trucks. Some background: 89 300TE. He had front flex disk replaced a couple months ago. Mechanic said that shaft was rusted together in center and therefore couldn't be compressed enough to get new flex disk in. He had to undo motor mounts to push engine forward enough so that flex disc could fit. Guess he had it coming. -- OK Don They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin 1775 in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. - Benjamin Franklin 1789 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Ever have a driveshaft snap in half?
Ralph, It has been my experience that drivetrain vibration manifests itself by vibration felt in the body, not steering. Has your mechanic checked the front suspension closely for things like worn control arm bushings, etc? I would equate any shimmy or vibrations in the steering to front suspension or steering geometry, not drive train issues. Dan On Dec 17, 2013, at 8:48 AM, Ralph Robertson rare...@gmail.com wrote: This topic made me resurrect my vibration/wobble problem with my '87 300SDL. Ever since I bought this car, I have had this problem and 5 years later I still have it. I have replaced everything I can think of in the drive train and still have the shimmy. Although it seems a lot better than original, and it should be! Is there anything in the diferential that could cause this? Even had the rear half axles replaced. My latest effort, the mechanic made some adjustments to the torgue for the rear axles and suggested it may have a differential issue. Is there a possibility a previous car accident may have caused this? I am rather frustrated at this minor shimmy after putting all this money and effort into this, but it still shakes the steering wheel at speeds above 55mph, very smooth below this speed. parts addressed; rear sway bar links., rear axles, drive shaft balanced,all flex discs, s-support, rubber mounts, motor mounts,tires,wheel balances,rear springs, transmission output shaft bearing. The shake can be felt in the steering wheel, just like wheel balance. Starts around 55mph, slakens off around 60, then comes back about 65 and seems to come and go at all speeds above that. Was quite strong, but now a minor shake but still aggravating on a long trip. Tires all seem to be wearing evenly, no scalloping. The car is in such great shape I hate to change it, and would rather fix it than swap. Ralph '87 300SDL '85 300 CD On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 1:06 AM, OK Don okd...@gmail.com wrote: No, but I did replace a drive shaft in the '76 300D when the u-joint in the middle started making noises and was notchy. Didn't want it to break while driving ;-) On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 2:24 PM, dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote: My brother did. Last night. Driving back from a rental property in Worcester (Wustah). Pulling away from toll booth, most horrible scraping, grating noise I've ever heard come from a car. Took 8 hrs to get home between all the tow trucks. Some background: 89 300TE. He had front flex disk replaced a couple months ago. Mechanic said that shaft was rusted together in center and therefore couldn't be compressed enough to get new flex disk in. He had to undo motor mounts to push engine forward enough so that flex disc could fit. Guess he had it coming. -- OK Don They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin 1775 in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. - Benjamin Franklin 1789 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Ever have a driveshaft snap in half?
I had a wheel on my 78 MGB that could not be balanced. I even had an old timer (no offense) try to balance it while it was on the vehicle. He had this little wheel that spun the tire up to speed and he said the tire had too much wobble to balance it. I bought a new/used rim and all was well. Michael E. Esh me...@horizonenv.com michael...@mac.com http://www.yugster.com/invite/138123 (C) 231.286.2344 On Dec 17, 2013, at 08:47 AM, Ralph Robertson rare...@gmail.com wrote: This topic made me resurrect my vibration/wobble problem with my '87 300SDL. Ever since I bought this car, I have had this problem and 5 years later I still have it. I have replaced everything I can think of in the drive train and still have the shimmy. Although it seems a lot better than original, and it should be! Is there anything in the diferential that could cause this? Even had the rear half axles replaced. My latest effort, the mechanic made some adjustments to the torgue for the rear axles and suggested it may have a differential issue. Is there a possibility a previous car accident may have caused this? I am rather frustrated at this minor shimmy after putting all this money and effort into this, but it still shakes the steering wheel at speeds above 55mph, very smooth below this speed. parts addressed; rear sway bar links., rear axles, drive shaft balanced,all flex discs, s-support, rubber mounts, motor mounts,tires,wheel balances,rear springs, transmission output shaft bearing. The shake can be felt in the steering wheel, just like wheel balance. Starts around 55mph, slakens off around 60, then comes back about 65 and seems to come and go at all speeds above that. Was quite strong, but now a minor shake but still aggravating on a long trip. Tires all seem to be wearing evenly, no scalloping. The car is in such great shape I hate to change it, and would rather fix it than swap. Ralph '87 300SDL '85 300 CD On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 1:06 AM, OK Don okd...@gmail.com wrote: No, but I did replace a drive shaft in the '76 300D when the u-joint in the middle started making noises and was notchy. Didn't want it to break while driving ;-) On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 2:24 PM, dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote: My brother did. Last night. Driving back from a rental property in Worcester (Wustah). Pulling away from toll booth, most horrible scraping, grating noise I've ever heard come from a car. Took 8 hrs to get home between all the tow trucks. Some background: 89 300TE. He had front flex disk replaced a couple months ago. Mechanic said that shaft was rusted together in center and therefore couldn't be compressed enough to get new flex disk in. He had to undo motor mounts to push engine forward enough so that flex disc could fit. Guess he had it coming. -- OK Don They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin 1775 in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. - Benjamin Franklin 1789 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Ever have a driveshaft snap in half?
The shake can be felt in the steering wheel, just like wheel balance. Then I highly doubt that the problem is to be found in the rear of the car. Bent wheel? -- Jim ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Ever have a driveshaft snap in half?
Ralph Robertson wrote: still shakes the steering wheel at speeds above 55mph, very smooth below this speed. Could be a loose wheel bearing, steering component, or front suspension component. But first, swap the front and rear wheels and see what happens. Mitch. ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Ever have a driveshaft snap in half?
One thing I neglected to mention in previous message; when the mechanic was doing his latest check, he had the car rear wheels jacked up and then put in gear and revved it up. The rear wheels could be seen moving slightly up and down and then he made some adjustments to the axle torque which he said would reduce the bounce. He also thought that this bounce could maybe be felt in the steering wheel as well. I had told him the axles were replaced and that is when he mentioned a differntial issue that would cause the axles to bounce slightly. Is this possible? I will explore further the front end issues mentioned below. Ralph On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 10:32 AM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote: Ralph Robertson wrote: still shakes the steering wheel at speeds above 55mph, very smooth below this speed. Could be a loose wheel bearing, steering component, or front suspension component. But first, swap the front and rear wheels and see what happens. Mitch. ___ 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
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Ralph Robertson wrote: and that is when he mentioned a differntial issue that would cause the axles to bounce slightly. Is this possible? Any driveline issues should be felt throughout the car if felt through the steering wheel. If your shift bushings are snug, you should be able to feel them better through the shifter than through the steering. If your wheels are out of balance or out of round, it could explain the steering vibration and the rear wheel shake. You could always try switching wheels between the car that vibrates and the one that doesn't. Mitch. ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Ever have a driveshaft snap in half?
Front shocks? On Dec 17, 2013, at 08:47 AM, Ralph Robertson rare...@gmail.com wrote: This topic made me resurrect my vibration/wobble problem with my '87 300SDL. Ever since I bought this car, I have had this problem and 5 years later I still have it. I have replaced everything I can think of in the drive train and still have the shimmy. Although it seems a lot better than original, and it should be! Is there anything in the diferential that could cause this? Even had the rear half axles replaced. My latest effort, the mechanic made some adjustments to the torgue for the rear axles and suggested it may have a differential issue. Is there a possibility a previous car accident may have caused this? I am rather frustrated at this minor shimmy after putting all this money and effort into this, but it still shakes the steering wheel at speeds above 55mph, very smooth below this speed. parts addressed; rear sway bar links., rear axles, drive shaft balanced,all flex discs, s-support, rubber mounts, motor mounts,tires,wheel balances,rear springs, transmission output shaft bearing. The shake can be felt in the steering wheel, just like wheel balance. Starts around 55mph, slakens off around 60, then comes back about 65 and seems to come and go at all speeds above that. Was quite strong, but now a minor shake but still aggravating on a long trip. Tires all seem to be wearing evenly, no scalloping. The car is in such great shape I hate to change it, and would rather fix it than swap. Ralph '87 300SDL '85 300 CD On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 1:06 AM, OK Don okd...@gmail.com wrote: No, but I did replace a drive shaft in the '76 300D when the u-joint in the middle started making noises and was notchy. Didn't want it to break while driving ;-) On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 2:24 PM, dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote: My brother did. Last night. Driving back from a rental property in Worcester (Wustah). Pulling away from toll booth, most horrible scraping, grating noise I've ever heard come from a car. Took 8 hrs to get home between all the tow trucks. Some background: 89 300TE. He had front flex disk replaced a couple months ago. Mechanic said that shaft was rusted together in center and therefore couldn't be compressed enough to get new flex disk in. He had to undo motor mounts to push engine forward enough so that flex disc could fit. Guess he had it coming. -- OK Don They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin 1775 in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. - Benjamin Franklin 1789 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Ever have a driveshaft snap in half?
True:) Sent from my iPhone On Dec 17, 2013, at 12:44 AM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: blowout is a lot more exciting than your ordinary flat tire On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 12:39 AM, Scott Ritchey ritche...@nc.rr.com wrote: Back in the day, flat tires were a normal part of driving. With belted radials they are pretty rare and leaks are usually slow. -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Gary Hurst Sent: Monday, December 16, 2013 4:01 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Ever have a driveshaft snap in half? the only time i had a blowout was on tires i knew better than to use but some mechanic said they looked ok to him, so i went with it and had a blowout a few weeks later i'm pretty good with tires though. i'm actually quick to replace anything that gives me the slightest cause for worry. ___ 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 -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars* *www.BuyEUROparts.com http://www.BuyEUROparts.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
Re: [MBZ] Ever have a driveshaft snap in half?
I can tell you from experience that loosing even 15# of air at 85MPH is pretty dammed exciting. Central and northern Maine are pretty barren and one time heading north in my Dakota I'm flying along in convoy with some other cars when the passenger rear tire decides to lose some air. The steering got vry sensitive all of a sudden. I came off throttle and coasted down to maybe 40 before I thought I was really in full control. Grabbed an offramp to a rest area and hit the restroom. By the time I got back the tire was noticeably sagging. Changed it and realized that a spare which has been on the truck for 4 years will be banana shaped. It took several miles at 20mph before the back of the truck stopped wagging... A tire shop a couple more miles down the highway pulled a big screw out of the bad tire before patching it. -Curt Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2013 00:44:31 -0500 From: Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] Ever have a driveshaft snap in half? Message-ID: caciok3s-8dtkqyu8gcq0s9f6smssfuyxaet8wzbplcqvfjb...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 blowout is a lot more exciting than your ordinary flat tire ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Ever have a driveshaft snap in half?
i've never had any sort of super drama failure. tire blowout was the worst of it On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 3:24 PM, dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote: My brother did. Last night. Driving back from a rental property in Worcester (Wustah). Pulling away from toll booth, most horrible scraping, grating noise I've ever heard come from a car. Took 8 hrs to get home between all the tow trucks. Some background: 89 300TE. He had front flex disk replaced a couple months ago. Mechanic said that shaft was rusted together in center and therefore couldn't be compressed enough to get new flex disk in. He had to undo motor mounts to push engine forward enough so that flex disc could fit. Guess he had it coming. 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 -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars* *www.BuyEUROparts.com http://www.BuyEUROparts.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
Re: [MBZ] Ever have a driveshaft snap in half?
Had a coupla blowouts. Since then, I only buy Michelin tires. Vredstein will also do. Sent from my iPhone On Dec 16, 2013, at 3:29 PM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: i've never had any sort of super drama failure. tire blowout was the worst of it On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 3:24 PM, dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote: My brother did. Last night. Driving back from a rental property in Worcester (Wustah). Pulling away from toll booth, most horrible scraping, grating noise I've ever heard come from a car. Took 8 hrs to get home between all the tow trucks. Some background: 89 300TE. He had front flex disk replaced a couple months ago. Mechanic said that shaft was rusted together in center and therefore couldn't be compressed enough to get new flex disk in. He had to undo motor mounts to push engine forward enough so that flex disc could fit. Guess he had it coming. 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 -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars* *www.BuyEUROparts.com http://www.BuyEUROparts.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
Re: [MBZ] Ever have a driveshaft snap in half?
the only time i had a blowout was on tires i knew better than to use but some mechanic said they looked ok to him, so i went with it and had a blowout a few weeks later i'm pretty good with tires though. i'm actually quick to replace anything that gives me the slightest cause for worry. On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 3:39 PM, dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote: Had a coupla blowouts. Since then, I only buy Michelin tires. Vredstein will also do. Sent from my iPhone On Dec 16, 2013, at 3:29 PM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: i've never had any sort of super drama failure. tire blowout was the worst of it On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 3:24 PM, dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote: My brother did. Last night. Driving back from a rental property in Worcester (Wustah). Pulling away from toll booth, most horrible scraping, grating noise I've ever heard come from a car. Took 8 hrs to get home between all the tow trucks. Some background: 89 300TE. He had front flex disk replaced a couple months ago. Mechanic said that shaft was rusted together in center and therefore couldn't be compressed enough to get new flex disk in. He had to undo motor mounts to push engine forward enough so that flex disc could fit. Guess he had it coming. 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 -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars* *www.BuyEUROparts.com http://www.BuyEUROparts.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 -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars* *www.BuyEUROparts.com http://www.BuyEUROparts.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
Re: [MBZ] Ever have a driveshaft snap in half?
Back in the day, flat tires were a normal part of driving. With belted radials they are pretty rare and leaks are usually slow. -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Gary Hurst Sent: Monday, December 16, 2013 4:01 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Ever have a driveshaft snap in half? the only time i had a blowout was on tires i knew better than to use but some mechanic said they looked ok to him, so i went with it and had a blowout a few weeks later i'm pretty good with tires though. i'm actually quick to replace anything that gives me the slightest cause for worry. ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Ever have a driveshaft snap in half?
blowout is a lot more exciting than your ordinary flat tire On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 12:39 AM, Scott Ritchey ritche...@nc.rr.com wrote: Back in the day, flat tires were a normal part of driving. With belted radials they are pretty rare and leaks are usually slow. -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Gary Hurst Sent: Monday, December 16, 2013 4:01 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Ever have a driveshaft snap in half? the only time i had a blowout was on tires i knew better than to use but some mechanic said they looked ok to him, so i went with it and had a blowout a few weeks later i'm pretty good with tires though. i'm actually quick to replace anything that gives me the slightest cause for worry. ___ 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 -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars* *www.BuyEUROparts.com http://www.BuyEUROparts.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
Re: [MBZ] Ever have a driveshaft snap in half?
No, but I did replace a drive shaft in the '76 300D when the u-joint in the middle started making noises and was notchy. Didn't want it to break while driving ;-) On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 2:24 PM, dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote: My brother did. Last night. Driving back from a rental property in Worcester (Wustah). Pulling away from toll booth, most horrible scraping, grating noise I've ever heard come from a car. Took 8 hrs to get home between all the tow trucks. Some background: 89 300TE. He had front flex disk replaced a couple months ago. Mechanic said that shaft was rusted together in center and therefore couldn't be compressed enough to get new flex disk in. He had to undo motor mounts to push engine forward enough so that flex disc could fit. Guess he had it coming. -- OK Don They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin 1775 in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. - Benjamin Franklin 1789 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ 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
