Issues with '00 Passat 4Motion-Drive Shaft

[Wylie Bean]

Steve,
I have a prop shaft sitting in the trunk of my 99.5 A4 Avant right now
that I just got from DAD's Audi dismantling in CA.  My car was making
a progressively worse vibration, mostly in 1st gear on anything other
than light acceleration.  The rubber around the center support bearing
is not torn, but upon very close inspection (on a lift, with a
flashlight, with the heat shield off) you can see areas that the
rubber must be weakened, as it looks as if the shaft ends are rubbing
up against the outer edge of the support and the rubber itself.  I
paid $375 for the one I got from them with a 90 day warranty, as
opposed to ~$1200 for a new one.  They claim it came from a car with
about 60K, so hopefully it'll be good.  My car has 110K on it. The
parts should be similar, but I can't confirm them as being identical.
The dealer could.

Hope that helps.

Wylie Bean
TheRingmeister at triad.rr.com
90 Cq
99.5 A4 Avant 1.8Tq
01 allroad q 2.7T