'88 90Q Center support bearing - %$(@%@_*!!!!

[James Bell]

Randy:

You can buy a good center drive shaft
for that car for around $100.00. You might
have to pack the end C/V joints or some
such. No reason to despair the parts are
every where. Almost... Every where.

J.B. in Idaho
----- Original Message -----
From: "randy paquette" <iqtpilot at hotmail.com>
To: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2003 1:50 PM
Subject: '88 90Q Center support bearing - %$(@%@_*!!!!


> Well fellow listers,
> As some of you may remember I purchased a 90Q to fix up for my nephew as a
> high school graduation present.  I keep hitting more things that really
need
> to be addressed and am ready to give up and part this thing out.  I still
> don't even have the darn title yet!
> Anyway - what is to me a bit of a show stopper is now that I finally have
> the car running I took it for a spin up and down the street - no problems
> mechanically.  So, I go change the diff, trans, and brake fluids and go to
> lube the ujoint only to find the support bearing shot - I'm sure it would
> have been obvious once I drove the car more than 30mph anyway - at least I
> haven't registered and insured it yet.
> So, what might my options be - I've seen posts re some Merc bearings being
> used but I don't have the equipment to get the bearing off and on I don't
> think - I can get the drive shaft out I think, though.  Are rebuilt drive
> shafts expensive?  Maybe I should take the drive shaft out and let it be a
> front wheel drive car?
> FYI,  it still needs a new dashboard (all cracked up), fan switch, and
then
> prolly just a tbelt change to make it quite nice.  Headliner is shot but I
> don't believe a 17-18 year old should care much.
> Any ideas re the bearing would be great or any other words of wisdom (like
> run and hide before it eats more money) would also be appreciated.
> Yours in Audidom
> Randy..
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