driveshaft / center support bearing fyi

[no1of consequence]

hey folks,

thought i would fyi as there's been a lot of talk about the good old center 
support bearing lately. i rebuilt my driveshaft with the 325 beemer part and 
it wobbled like a 14 year old maytag [my fault for not marking the 1/2's 
before i pulled apart] no good.. i pulled it and scoured the phone book for 
someone locally that could balance it + pulled it to have that done.

the shop didnt want to just balance it - they talked me into rebuilding it. 
they  rebuilt both cv's [said 1 was no good despite passing the highly 
critial and rigorous yank-on and look-at tests], put in a new center u-joint 
and a CORRECT center support bearing assembly - it was exactly the same as 
the oem part, but obviously an aftermarket. the rubber surround on the audi 
part is considerably more substantial + thicker than what i got with the bmw 
325 part. it cost me 400$ for the whole shebang. i would NOT reccomend the 
beemer part as a replacement - correct ones are out there somewhere.

happyturkeyday,
jim

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