400E Subframe Question!
400E Subframe Question!
Cardude
1987 300TDT 244,000 miles stock ready for suggestions
1987 300D 225,000 miles Slightly dead need harness after small fire
First of all noob status, I had an issue driving home yesterday my rear end/rear bearings started clunking and grinding. I made it home 3 hours later. Can I change the entire subframe including shafts from a 400E donor to my 1987 300D of course my 300D has 2.65 gears and the 400E has 2.24 but I have a 1994 E320 (2.65) I can swap. This my DD so I'm worried. What are some of the issues I can look forward too. Might as well do the brakes too!
Cardude
1987 300TDT 244,000 miles stock ready for suggestions
1987 300D 225,000 miles Slightly dead need harness after small fire
My 2 cents is that the little diffs don't have a durability problem and you can make a little 2.65 diff LSD using brand new parts for a pretty good price.
Here's some diff info
http://www.w124performance.com/docs/mb/o...ntials.pdf
If you dig around on this site you'll also find a lot of subframe info too.
raysorenson
12-19-2014, 08:57 AM #2The 400e subframe takes a bigger differential housing than the '87 300d SF. As I understand, if your diff housing from the E320 fits the 400e SF, then they have the same SF.
My 2 cents is that the little diffs don't have a durability problem and you can make a little 2.65 diff LSD using brand new parts for a pretty good price.
Here's some diff info
http://www.w124performance.com/docs/mb/o...ntials.pdf
If you dig around on this site you'll also find a lot of subframe info too.
Cardude
1987 300TDT 244,000 miles stock ready for suggestions
1987 300D 225,000 miles Slightly dead need harness after small fire
I was also concerned about using all the parts including the drive shaft to make the swap simple. I read some similar post and none actually said I could do a complete swap.
Cardude
1987 300TDT 244,000 miles stock ready for suggestions
1987 300D 225,000 miles Slightly dead need harness after small fire
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