[urq] Center bearing replacement results

[Martin Pajak]

Yes, except I've seen someone trying to balance the shaft afterinstalling
one of those with no results... solid shaft bushing does not work on a road
car...

HTH
Martin Pajak

http://www.quattro.ca

1983 Audi Ur-quattro (305,000 km) In storage
1985 Audi Ur-quattro (203,000 km) Euro spec. import mit 3B ;o)
1986 Audi 4000s quattro (266,000 km) winter car
1971 Porsche 911T (45,000 mi) all original



-----Original Message-----
From: urq-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:urq-bounces at audifans.com]On
Behalf Of daniel darlington
Sent: December 14, 2004 10:19
To: Louis-Alain_Richard at computerhorizons.com; urq at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [urq] Center bearing replacement results


i remember seeing a urethane center support for the ur, etc. on e-bay a
while back.  anyone know where to get those?  if i recall it was yellow

Louis-Alain_Richard at computerhorizons.com wrote:



Recently, I replaced the center bearing support in my car (the BMW part is
perfect, 38$CAN and takes about 1 hour with basic tools).

The obvious result is less gear whine.

But one side benefits (main benefit?) is no more knocking sound from under
over big bumps. What I tought was the exhaust hitting the floor pan was
indeed the driveshaft hitting the tunnel. The old rubber part was kinda
soft and the DS could move a lot vertically and horizontally.
Once installed on the car, the driveshaft is now way stiffer and the
alignement was easy. For this, I used a string a 3 wine bottle corks (eh!
one use what is abondant in the house!).

For those who doubt their center bearing is shot, give it this test: if
there's no more vertical adjustment (no spacers at all), and you can push
it easily upwards, it means the rubber part has sagged too much and it is
time for a replacement.

Cheers!

Louis-Alain

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