robbieesprit
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OK, so my trusty old w124 estate (1994 s124), has always had a bit of a whine coming from the rear, some times it would go when i turned left so thought it was a rear bearing. Then one trip I stated to get this knocking, it came and went, but was quite bad, so i limped the car home. I suspect cv on drive shaft...
Car has done 240k miles, I bought it with 185k, and i suspect its original running gear...
I managed to get hold of a second hand rear sub frame, complete with hubs shafts and diff etc, chap said it came from a car with no issues/ no noise , so i thought i would drop the old and replace with this unit. This would give me time to inspect the old units bearings etc..
I have never done this before so this is a shout out for any tips? ill be working on my drive.
id like to keep job as short as possible, my car is not a show car, but much loved family/ work hack, with pretty much everything else working ok (apart from sun roof), so it just needs to work. Im not into up grades as i love the softy wofty ride of the original set up.
should i replace any rubber mounts at the same time, which are the good ones to go for?
Can i keep my shocks in place without depressurising the self levelling system?
I did look in the haynes manual but doesnt really cover this topic.
any advise greatfully received, many thanks Rob.
Car has done 240k miles, I bought it with 185k, and i suspect its original running gear...
I managed to get hold of a second hand rear sub frame, complete with hubs shafts and diff etc, chap said it came from a car with no issues/ no noise , so i thought i would drop the old and replace with this unit. This would give me time to inspect the old units bearings etc..
I have never done this before so this is a shout out for any tips? ill be working on my drive.
id like to keep job as short as possible, my car is not a show car, but much loved family/ work hack, with pretty much everything else working ok (apart from sun roof), so it just needs to work. Im not into up grades as i love the softy wofty ride of the original set up.
should i replace any rubber mounts at the same time, which are the good ones to go for?
Can i keep my shocks in place without depressurising the self levelling system?
I did look in the haynes manual but doesnt really cover this topic.
any advise greatfully received, many thanks Rob.