drive shaft flex disc

[lewda]

alright, ive searched high and low, and cant find a thread where someone has replaced there flex disc's before, and im in the process as we speak. Ive changed my flex disc on my 190 before, but never on the W202. It was a breeze on the 190, but i have no freakin clue how in the hell im gonna be able to get all the bolts off the front flex disc...am i screwed? i just got one bolt off the front, and im just yeah....not knowing what in the hell to do right now....so please, some one help me :(

[rman]

huh? my car is FWD, has 1/2 shafts and everything.


j/k
i know the thread is in here somewhere, i've seen it.

[jnenad16]

support the transmission with something flat from the pan, then take off the trans mount bracket(four 17 or 19mm bolts and two 13mm bolts), the two more 13mm bolts for the trans mount itself, and there you go, the flex disk is exposed.

nenad

[lewda]

awsome, thanks, worked, do you happen to know what to torque them to? thanks

[jnenad16]

I always hand tighten as much as can, I guess thats about 50-60 ft/lb.

nenad

[xvvvz]

"Flexible coupling bolt nuts/Flexible disk self locking nuts"

M10 40nm or 30 lb/ft
M12 60nm or 44 lb/ft
"Clamping nut on propeller shaft" 40nm or 30 lb/ft

[lewda]

thanks guys, you guys rock, it took me like 3 hours or something to do that damn thing, maybe more, im definitly not doing that again unless i have access to a lift, and when i did it, i did have to take the exhaust off, i dont see how you can get the drive shaft out without taking the exhaust off (read in a past thread that you didnt have to take it off) Well its done, and im tired as hell, still have to redo the exhaust tomorrow morning before i drive back home since it was pointed downward, will post pics tomorrow of how it ended up. thanks again guys

[Proven Guilty]

i need to drop my exhaust to replace my test probe, as well as replace both flex discs. i'm very eager to see the pics, as i don't have a lift as well :)

[rman]

i know this is kinda late, but i found this while searching (for something completely different)

http://www.club202.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11294&highlight=bushings

[alphanumeric]

what about a place to buy the front flex disk? I have seen some on Ebay for 45$. where did you guys buy your flex disk at?

when I replaced my motor mounts on my 190, I had to search hard for OEM mounts, as the ones on Ebay were said to be pretty weak. though, I think my 190 flex disk is a cheap one off Ebay, but I don't drive that car enough to know if its good or not