trouble to find driveshaft U-joint

[Joshua Van Tol]

>  > It would be nice to have this part number in the archives.
>
>It is... and it's here, too:
>
>http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi/tricks.htm#shaft
>
>BMW part # for 4kq carrier bearing: Drive shaft carrier bearing BMW
>                  #26-12-1-209-532(includes bearing, bracket, rubber)
>
>among other snippets... all directly from the list, so they are in the
>archives.
>
>But the archives are so tedious, why not just ask again... and again...
>and again...
>
>--
>Huw Powell
>
>http://www.humanspeakers.com/
>
>http://www.humanthoughts.org/


Yeah, but that's for the 4kq center drive shaft bearing and rubber
bracket. What I've got is the part number for a joint that will
replace the center U-joint on a 5kcstq. There used to be a source for
them in the archives, but they went out of business, as a friend of
mine found out. This launched a virtual odessy to find a replacement,
concluding with a bmw half shaft application. I've had one on my
5kcstq for about 2 months now, and it's flawless. It even has better
designed grease seals than the original joint, and appears to be of
very high quality.
--
Joshua Van Tol -- josh at spiny.com