snapped my axel shaft! - Benzworld.org

pyro_la · 07-19-2007, 12:14 PM

a week ago i snapped the axel shaft on my 91 300 E. has anyone done this before, is it a reoccuring problem, because i havent herd too many people doing this on the w124s before.

its all fixed now, replaced it 2 days ago.

Benzkid89 · 07-19-2007, 05:47 PM

Do you have any pics? The axle on my 300E cracked during the time I owned it.

**mcbear** · 07-19-2007, 06:27 PM

What exactly were you doing when this snapping occurred? Also, how many miles on the car and was there rust involved?

pyro_la · 07-20-2007, 06:13 AM

there was no rust, 205,000 KM (canadian car)

i was in the 2 gear position, gear shift all the way down, i was in second reving at about 3500-4000 RPM comming around a corner and then i accelerated flooring the car through the corner at the apex, and then BANG!

at first i thought the drive shaft or possibly the diff was gone, but after examining it found the axel shaft snapped in a spiral motion.

is this a one off rare problem or are we not sapose to drive the cars this way, i am going to be tracking the car quite a bit and would hate to have this happen often. part alone is cose to $1000 CAN.