I need to replace the drive shaft support and the rubber ends of the front stabilizer rods in my car.

Since two mechanics have already stated that the wholesalers they use do not have such parts, I started looking on my own on the Polish portal Allegro for the Mercedes SLK (R170).
However, from what I see, there are different types of stabilizer rubbers for this car, as well as different drive shaft supports.
Therefore, I would like to ask if any of you are able to indicate whether the following FEBI BILSTEIN parts will fit the Crossfire?
1) https://allegro.pl/oferta/febi-bilst...26-16484367428
2) https://allegro.pl/oferta/gumy-stabi...88-16243235273
There is written that fits Mercedes SLK (R170) - 320 (170.465) (M 112.947) 3199ccm 218KM/160kW 2000/03-2004/04.
So, is it correct?

 

https://www.needswings.com/driveshaf...rt-and-bearing
and
https://www.needswings.com/front-sway-bar-bushing-set
if your country is not listed at checkout, email me and i can send an invoice directly. rob@needswings.com

 

@NeedsWings Thank you I will consult with my mechanic and write you an email, because my country - Poland, is not on the list.
How will the sale look like in such a situation, and in particular making safe payment?

 

) Your payments to Needswings will be perfectly safe, just make sure you don't change the usual Needswings tracked shipping that insures your packages are replaced if lost or damaged (IMHO since I have never ordered from them before but everyone I've seen here in the forum always got what they ordered).


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I've dealt with Rob and Needswings a few times. Everything has fit perfectly and are quality parts.
And he gives you free stickers! LOL I gave him free advertising on the oil catch can that I got from him.

 

You might want to look here for better center support: https://www.jxbperformance.com/produ...arrier-upgrade

I have preordered one. I used on on my Audi S4 it works well.

 

Finally, I decided to take advantage of the NeedsWings store.
Yesterday I bought the necessary car parts from them and the package is already on its way to me.
I wonder how long the package will take to get to Poland.

 

shipped yesterday, thank you for the order. estimated transit time is 6-10 business days

 

Yesterday I received the purchased parts from the NeedsWings.com store - thank you.

I have an appointment with a mechanic for service work on May 19th.

 

Today, as planned, my mechanic replaced the broken driveshaft support and the rubber ends of the front stabilizer rods (2 inner and 2 outer).
The labor cost me $160.

 

That's great!

 

Unfortunately, replacing the drive shaft support only helped a little...
Before replacing it, the shaft would vibrate often, and now it vibrates "only" sometimes.
My mechanic will probably have to dismantle the drive shaft and check it, and maybe balance it.
Unless you have some other advice from your own Crossfire experience?

 

Quote from AMX1397:


first the drive shaft is balanced "0" but there is a I (eye) single i on 1/2 and two II and the single goes between the two,,
there is nothing to show you that you have the line up but again the drive,, each1/2 of the drive shaft is balanced 0
I have used 1/2 from a srt6 and the other 1/2 from a limited. Blow this pic and u can see the notches.
Rear drive shaft/U-joint-p1010592.jpg


ok go to https://www.crossfireforum.org/forum...rive+shaft+amx.

then go to post 5,,,, blow up the pic the picture on the right. jim

 

I made an appointment with my mechanic for the second half of June to dismantle the drive shaft,
take it to another workshop for checking and balancing, and finally install it in the car.

 

Last week, a mechanic disassembled the driveshaft in my car and sent it to an outside garage in Warsaw for inspection. They replaced the rear joint (at the rear axle) and the front joint (at the gearbox), corrected any play, and balanced the shaft. Four days later, the shaft was returned to my mechanic, who reinstalled it in the car. The garage in Warsaw charged $400 for the shaft repair, and my mechanic charged an additional $140 for the shaft removal and installation, even though he had stated before taking the car in for repair that it would cost $80. When I asked why the service charge was higher, he replied that when the shaft support was previously replaced, the shaft wasn't completely removed, only half, which is why it cost $80. I asked the AI about this, who replied that this was not true, because replacing the shaft support requires removing the entire shaft. What are your thoughts on this? I wonder if the mechanic is not telling the truth or chatGPT is lying...

Unfortunately, the vibrations still occur at speeds of 40-50 km/h and around 1300 rpm. Since I've already performed so many repairs to eliminate the vibrations, and they're still there, it's probably an issue with the automatic transmission...

 

I have replaced both Drive shaft flex discs and the driveshaft carrier bearing without removing both driveshaft halves.
See my posts here:
Driveshaft carrier bearing and flex discs removal & Installation

 

@M60A3Driver Your threads/posts are, as always, very detailed.

When my drive shaft returned from an external repair shop in Warsaw after being repaired, I didn't receive any repair report, only a photo of the machine's screen used to check the shaft.
Interestingly, the software on this machine seems to be in Russian, so perhaps the work is being done by a Ukrainian – we have many Ukrainians in Poland these days.

Does this screenshot tell you anything?

 

I'm not familiar with the Russian language, therefore I don't know what the numbers are in reference to.
I would guess that they were using it to refer to a spot on the driveshaft that they had to correct while balancing the shaft.