[W126 Coupe] chilling … and looking ahead

[Dick Spellman]

Hi Gerry,

Yes.  You need to drop the exhaust, the shield and then the drive shaft.
The drive shaft is marked for front to rear orientation but, I'd mark it
with a white paint pen just for good measure to assure correct alignment of
the shaft splines on re-assembly.   If after removing the bearing you find a
stiff u-joint you may want to apply a torch and heat things up to see if you
can get it to move freely before replacing the bearing and holder.  Check
the rear pinion seal at the differential while you are in there and lube the
e-brake linkages and cables too.

I have successfully replaced two center support bearings while doing the
flex disks front and rear on the SEC and a 126 sedan.  However, after doing
one of two126 sedan, I had to replace the entire drive shaft (ordered
through Jonathan) in order to deal with a bad (as in stiff) u-joint that
left a vibration while driving at speeds above 50mph.  So, that u-joints
condition is key to a continued smooth drive.

Good luck,

Dick

On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 11:59 AM, Gerry Van Zandt <gerryvz at me.com> wrote:


> Whodathunk that an aborted attempt to modernise the e-mail list & letting

> folks know about a small SEC-focused web forum I created many months ago

> would result in such a brouhaha.  Thanks for the kind words Ernie.

>

> Yes it did energize things, and that's not such a bad thing.

>

> And now a question … has anyone ever had to replace a drive shaft center

> support bearing?  If so, how difficult of a job is it?  Are any special

> tools required?

>

> Now that it looks like we've turned the corner from daily 100+ degree temps

> here in Houston, down to the low-mid 90s, I can start to attack the backlog

> of MB-related projects I've been accumulating since May.

>

> Thanks

> Gerry

>

>

> On Sep 3, 2011, at 10:50 AM, Ernie wrote:

>

>

> PS: Gerry, new list or not, thanks for energizing the group and

> contributing all that you do.

>

>

>

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