Prop shaft carrier bearing - 1989 100 TQW MC-2

[urquattro]

I find that lubing the u-joint in the propshaft does a good job of quieting
the clang that can occur on unloading the prop shaft.  At least on the early
quattros the service interval for this fitting is 15,000 miles ... and I
wouldn't be surprised to hear that this is the most neglected maintenance
item on the q ...

Steve Buchholz
San Jose, CA (USA)
>
> I'm also going to replace mine soon and I had another concern re: the
amount
> of driveline lash from power on to coast. It seems that there is a lot of
> lash/slack in the system and it is quite annoying, particularly in heavy
> traffic. Is this primarily a prop shaft bearing symptom or are there other
> areas that need to be addressed to 'snug' this up?