driveshaft / center support bearing fyi

[Denis]

OOOooouuuu wow 400$, ouffff.
I did(almost finish) my center bearing and it cost less than 50$ as i post
last week list part and hoow to do it.
I ll finish my center bearing and look for way to make some of them. The are
stronger than the original and it Stanless Steel braket. I dont take command
yet but i ll be if i found time to do ot ;-).

Go to see center mount on Neapco site.... there some models. For U-joint too
(1-0013 unit, 66mm x 26mm vs 72mm x 26mm for Audi unit, just put 1.8mm
spacers at the four end hat)

Denis

----- Original Message -----
From: no1of consequence <iin10ded at hotmail.com>
To: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 7:54 PM
Subject: driveshaft / center support bearing fyi


> 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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