habbyguy

I'm not having any luck at all finding any info on the front propshaft (aka driveshaft) heat shield (the front U-joints are fairly close to the right catalytic converter, so it would be nice to have.

My car munched its heat shield when the front U-joint failed (leading to the front end of the driveshaft flailing around, taking out the heat shield and both O2 sensors on the right cat).

Here's a photo of the shield in question (not my photo)...

calder-cay

???https://www.mbpartsource.com/oem-parts/mercedes-benz-heat-shield-2046820272

habbyguy

Thanks - I'm still unable to correlate the part you referenced with the position or "look" of the actual part though. There are SO many heat shields on this vehicle, and MB's parts drawings are utterly hopeless (including the fact that they have the parts in all sorts of different alignments relative to the major components on those drawings). Still learning my way around MB's reference materials. ;-)

Are you sure that's the propshaft shield? If so, I'll get one on the way ASAP.

calder-cay

Yea, can't be certain myself, hence my "???" in the post . Would be nice if they show that part along with others and their relationship to each other, ie, "parts diagram" vs single part. :/