Rear Axle W124

[Guest sirBenz]

Any W124 bros here did Rear Axle retrofit from 8V to 16V axle?

[keltanky]

mine lor!! change 8v to 16V, that time bo bian!!

when bought this car 2nd hd! was too noisy!! screaming whenever drive!

so when change rear axle, decide to change to 16V, cos more power and better FC.

[Guest mr w124]

Hey that sounds interesting. did u have to buy the axle second hand or was it new. my axle has that sort of aerolane like noise whenever i take my foot off the accelerator when driving. will prob have to change it soon. 16v sounds tempting. kel, roughly how much did yours cost?

[Guest sirBenz]

mine lor!! change 8v to 16V, that time bo bian!!

when bought this car 2nd hd! was too noisy!! screaming whenever drive!

so when change rear axle, decide to change to 16V, cos more power and better FC.

ic..do you by any chance know what is the axle ratio of a 8v and 16v? was qouted $800 for 16v axle and drive shaft. any comment on price?

[keltanky]

the axle and shaft was 2nd hand! got it from Propel.

price was around what sirbenz was quoted, anyway, can't really remember how many is it? cos it was quote together with lots of stuffs which i had done to the car, like overhaul engine...

yup, mine prev was whenever step on accelerator when driving, Its sound like aeroplane.. :-[

[Guest sirBenz]

the axle and shaft was 2nd hand! got it from Propel.

price was around what sirbenz was quoted, anyway, can't really remember how many is it? cos it was quote together with lots of stuffs which i had done to the car, like overhaul engine...

yup, mine prev was whenever step on accelerator when driving, Its sound like aeroplane.. :-[

Kel, did axle noise reduce greatly or totally gone? how long its has been since ur axle replacement?

[keltanky]

Kel, did axle noise reduce greatly or totally gone? how long its has been since ur axle replacement?

Noise gone lor..

hmmm 2 yrs laio!!

[Guest sirBenz]

Kel, did axle noise reduce greatly or totally gone? how long its has been since ur axle replacement?

Noise gone lor..

hmmm 2 yrs laio!!

tks...replaced mine on last friday, axle & shaft $480 and labor $170...the noise gone and the best part is at 100km/h the rpm is only at 2700rev use be 3000rev ;D

[g8crasher]

Damn reasonable. Certainly got me thinking. Did you get your axle/shaft from Propel sirbenz ?

[Guest sirBenz]

Damn reasonable. Certainly got me thinking. Did you get your axle/shaft from Propel sirbenz ?

yup...do bargain maybe can even get a better deal then mine...and watch out for GST trap.

[g8crasher]

okie dokie cheers sirbenz! Your 2,700rpm @100km/h is certainly inspiring!!

[keltanky]

okie dokie cheers sirbenz! Your 2,700rpm @100km/h is certainly inspiring!!

yup its around there 2.7K @ 100km/h, that's when my car was GOOD!

nw hai... not too good liao!!!

need to find a real good Shifu for OLD school cars!!

[Guest mr w124]

Hi Sir Benz. you mean you got the job done at propel? i althought that u had to buy stuff from there n bring down to your own mech.

[Guest sirBenz]

Hi Sir Benz. you mean you got the job done at propel? i althought that u had to buy stuff from there n bring down to your own mech.

nope..the job was done at w/s that I frequent.

[Guest mr w124]

Guys, this is just a suggestion. Forgive me if it sounds ridiculous. Would it be possible to put in the rear axle of a 250 or 280? that would yield more power right?

[Guest sirBenz]

Guys, this is just a suggestion. Forgive me if it sounds ridiculous. Would it be possible to put in the rear axle of a 250 or 280? that would yield more power right?

it can be done..1st thing to sort out will be the size diff between a 200e axle and 280e axle(extensive modification needed)..once that is covered the axle ratio will be the next consideration..200e 16v ratio is 3.27, I'm estimating 280e will have ratio of less then 3.0... due to big diff in axle ratio u gain some and lose some..i.e highway cruising will improve and town driving will suffer big time.

p/s : tech masters of sgmerc do correct me if I'm wrong.

[Guest millionmilebenz]

okie dokie cheers sirbenz! Your 2,700rpm @100km/h is certainly inspiring!!

This is attractive indeed! sirbenz did you notice improvements in fuel efficiency after the change?

[Guest mr w124]

Hi Sirbenz. u mean suffer as in power loss or higher fc? or both? think if loss of power i'll forget abt it. takes a long while to push this car, especially on a hot engine.

[Guest sirBenz]

okie dokie cheers sirbenz! Your 2,700rpm @100km/h is certainly inspiring!!

This is attractive indeed! sirbenz did you notice improvements in fuel efficiency after the change?

still monitoring bro.

[keltanky]

sirbenz, you will sure get a BETTER FC!! provided your car is well tune!! CO must be good.

mr w124, 250?? i tot that is W123 LWB version?? for W124, I tot its 200, 220, 230, 260, 280, 300..

anyway if you looking @ the higher number rear axle, the shaft have to modi.., but best stick around the same range la, maybe can go up abit, say from 200 go to 230 max?

MMB, dun wait la, faster change your 8V 230 axle to 16V 230 axle, you will surely see the difference!!!

[Guest mr w124]

hi kel. I thought we could use the 250 diesel one. you remember the old merc 124 cabs that used to be here? i assume that they have the axles at propel. the 230e one sounds tempting too..... since i got to change soon might as well get a better one.

[Guest millionmilebenz]

Hey guys, any interest in a W124 group-visit to Propel??

[keltanky]

got W124/201 group going to Automag!!

[Guest mr w124]

Hi guys. what's automag? another scrapyard?

[g8crasher]

Yen, yayayayayayayaya group visit to Propel would be great!!!!!!!!!

AutoMag have to buy plane ticket mr w124. Nice NOS parts available for our rides.. aftermarket of course. Go there empty handed, come back with exhaust system, lights, trimming.. rims possibly!! http://www.automag.co.th/