tonight my ML320 broke - drive train ?
1999 ML320 160,000 miles. was on the xway and got a shimmy, then a shake,
then I smell rubber with a metalic noise ..... I pull over check for the obvious. nothing. drive another 10 miles,,,it gets worse and worse. I cannot drive it anymore. I am hoping I threw a belt in a tire. It seems maybe more towards the rear. So I put the spare tire on RR. No change. I put the spare on LR no change. I drove in reverse no change . still shaking horrible. got going 5 mph and it shakes like a drive shaft is way way out of balance, I put it in neutral no change, Still shakes. A friend came, he looked and we cant see anything wrong. I have to have it towed to a repair place in the morning. I have fixed everything myself for 70,000 miles until now. I am stumped. I do not do transmissions, Thats where I draw the line. I have replace several drive axles. Anything come to mind ? |
CURED drive shaft center BEARING.
I paid $220 OEM bearing and $80 for 2 bolt installation.
the drive shaft centering bearing went bad. You can buy them on Ebay for $40. If I would have been close to home I could have fixed it myself. I wasnt. |
those bearings can be a bear..especially trying to get the 2 bolts that hold it in. sometimes pulling off the bearing is a pain too. if you have a lift it isnt to bad but i wouldnt want to do the job without one. dealer charges about 4 hours to do the job
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