'99 A6 center support bearing needed...

[Grant Lenahan]

Have you tried the usual suspects (liek Blau?). In the old 4k days 
there was a BMW part that worked.

I dont know of one of oen for the c5 however.

Grant
On Feb 23, 2007, at 1:22 PM, Jay Rabe wrote:

> I working on a '99 A6 avant V6Q auto that needs a center support 
> bearing.  Problem is audi likes to sell it with a new driveshaft and i 
> cant find anywhere who sells it separately.  Thanks audi
>
>  The seal to the bearing is torn and the bearing is dry.  It sounds 
> like a bird chirping under decel, and does a driveshaft pitched 
> woodpecker sound when accelerating.  I had it on my lift doing 60mph.  
> I could see the driveshaft wobbling and i sprayed some wd40 on the 
> bearing and it all quieted down.  It is not making any noise now while 
> driving thanks to the wd40, but that should last about a day, maybe.  
> So has anyone changed one of these?  Its not my car, so i'd rather not 
> play the "well your car is apart, but i cant find the part" game.  I 
> did search the old posts and google but i found nothing about the 
> newer cars.  Any MB or BMW parts known to fit?
>
> TIA
>
> Jay
>
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