[JETmn]

Originally Posted by ucdbiendog

Very curious to hear about your vibration. I am starting to have a vibration as well, and i am suspecting the guibo or center carrier. did you ever get yours in?

Carrier bearing is getting done tonight and new guibo is ready to go in when it gets reassembled. I was suspecting those also, but now I am pretty sure it is the CV joints in the front axles. I should find out this weekend!

[ucdbiendog]

good deal ill be looking forward to your feedback. i recently checked my front axles and they all looked good... no play, boots in tact, etc. FWIW i'm at 134k miles. all the drive shafts/axles are original

[JETmn]

Got to work on the car a fair amount this weekend. There is good news and there is bad news. Good news is that I am 99% sure I found my drivetrain vibration and I also got the rear end all back together. The bad news is that there is .060" play in the front output shaft bearings of the transfer case.

It looks like I will be yanking the transfer case and doing a rebuild. There wasn't any bad bearing type noise yet, so I am hoping there is no damage to major parts. There is a video on youtube and it actually looks pretty simple (I have done a lot of major rebuilds in the past). I think I will replace all of the bearings and leave the clutches alone. I will make a decision when I am able to look at them. I will do the metal worm gear upgrade also. Unfortunately this means quite a bit more downtime. It is probably time to get that SLK55 AMG as a 3rd vehicle!

[ucdbiendog]

is that play axial or radial? so only change you made this weekend was guibo and support bearing? took care of vibration or you suspect its the t-case bearing?

[JETmn]

Originally Posted by ucdbiendog

is that play axial or radial? so only change you made this weekend was guibo and support bearing? took care of vibration or you suspect its the t-case bearing?

Play is not axial, that is just slop in the chain assembly. Play is both vertical and horizontal, so it is bearing play. I found this issue before I finished putting the car back together, so there was no point reinstalling the exhaust and driveshaft just to take it back out again. I don't want to drive it and cause more damage. There is a very audible click when pressing the front driveshaft output up and down and you can feel it move also. Maybe I will shoot a little video of it.

[mslam02]

any updates?

[JETmn]

Originally Posted by mslam02

any updates?

Sorry, I am in Florida and got hit pretty good by the hurricane. Not only that I managed to injure myself making hurricane shutters. Almost healed up and hoping to get back after it next weekend. I did pick up the SLK55 AMG, so not as high of a priority. It is funny that our AMG is our lowest HP vehicle, LOL. Still fun with a big V8 stuffed in a tiny roadster.

[mslam02]

Originally Posted by JETmn

Sorry, I am in Florida and got hit pretty good by the hurricane. Not only that I managed to injure myself making hurricane shutters. Almost healed up and hoping to get back after it next weekend. I did pick up the SLK55 AMG, so not as high of a priority. It is funny that our AMG is our lowest HP vehicle, LOL. Still fun with a big V8 stuffed in a tiny roadster.

well heal up and get back at it already good to hear you're enjoying some AMG action

For real though, glad you stayed safe during the hurricane