On Tue Oct-11-2011 09:24, Roy Witt (1:387/22) wrote to Roger Nelson:   
      
    RW> 10 Oct 11 16:49, Roger Nelson wrote to Roy Witt:   
      
    RN>> I noticed what is called a drive shaft support and the whole thing   
    RN>> looks like rubber or a compound with a metal base.  It's cheap   
    RN>> enough to replace if i do it myself.  I remember the same thing   
    RN>> being on some Chevy trucks with a split drive shaft, only those had   
    RN>> a sealed bearing inside the hole.   
      
    RW>> Yeah, but they're not the same as what MB uses. There's no bearing.   
      
    RN> What's really weird is that I was told that support was changed last   
    RN> year, when the car vibrated in forward gear, too.  Since it only   
    RN> vibrates in reverse now, I suppose my SIL considers that a plus.  He   
    RN> and I need to talk about that some more.   
      
    RW> I'd say you need to talk about it too. The MB engineers designed   
    RW> that drive shaft not to vibrate...why would anyone pay 60k for that   
    RW> car if it's going to drive like a Ford?   
      
   That's a good question.  I have no idea what he paid for it because he bought   
   it used, just as he did with his BMW.   
      
      
   Regards,   
      
   Roger    
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