[s-cars] driveshaft center bearing support

[Rokas Reipa]

Yeah, that's useful but is there anybody out there who has successfully made
the BMW bearing work with our cars? What exactly is involved? Regreasing the
CV joints won't cut it in my case. Thanks,

Rokas
95.5 //S6
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gabriel Caldwell" <gabriel at ts.bc.ca>
To: "Rokas Reipa" <rokas at umd.edu>; "Varon H. Fugman"
<vfugman at globaldialog.com>; <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 2:03 PM
Subject: RE: [s-cars] driveshaft center bearing support


http://www.urs4.com/technical/transmission.html#driveshaft



Gabriel Caldwell
Tsunami Solutions Ltd.
#202 - 2055 Boundary Road
Vancouver, BC Canada V5M 3Z1
voice: 604.299.5855
fax: 604.648.8158
e-mail: gabriel at ts.bc.ca
url: www.tsunamisolutionsltd.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Rokas Reipa [mailto:rokas at umd.edu]
Sent: March 11, 2004 9:46 PM
To: Varon H. Fugman; s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] driveshaft center bearing support

I am having the EXACT same problem. Please advise!

Rokas
95.5 //S6
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Varon H. Fugman" <vfugman at globaldialog.com>
To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 11:50 PM
Subject: [s-cars] driveshaft center bearing support


I am experiancing a driveline "wobble" on my '95 S6 when accelerating in
1st
& 2nd gear, along with some "tinny" metalic noise.  First thought is was
a
bad motor mount, then thought it was a bad front outer CV joint.  Turns
out
it is the center bearing support on the driveshaft... the rubber
surround
has deteriorated.  The metalic noise was probably the heat sheilds
vibrating
in sympathy!

I've been searching the list archives for recommend solutions because
Audi
doesn't make individual parts available, only the entire drive$haft.
There
is some discussion about the possibility of using a BMW or MB center
bearing
assembly, but there don't seem to be any definite conclusions, and I
can't
seem to find a write-up from someone who has done it, although I gather
it
is not a simple bolt up--some kind of adaptor brackets need to be
fabricated
I gather.

Does anyone have any specific recommendations?

Varon
'95 S6 wobble wobble

P.S. I did pick up lubricating the front CV joint.  I'll have my
mechanic
check that also, but he already confirmed the rubber surround on the
center
bearing has failed.


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