Re: HOW BAD IS A REPAIR ON CENTER SUPPORT BEARING 4KQ

["Doyt W. Echelberger" <Doyt@poboxes.com>]

>Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 15:23:03 -0500
>To: DNUS5023@aol.com
>From: "Doyt W. Echelberger" <Doyt@poboxes.com>
>Subject: Re: HOW BAD IS A REPAIR ON CENTER SUPPORT BEARING 4KQ 
>
>At 12:50 PM 1/25/97 EDT, you wrote:
>>Quattrotistas,
>>
>>Am looking at an 86 4kq that I heard about right here (thanks Dan!).  I am
>>told it has a bad center support bearing.  My mech. said it could cost up to
>>$1000.00 to repair.  This is a guy that has been working on my 84 coupe fwd
>>for years and I trust his initial evaluation, although he has not fully
>>priced it out yet.
>>
>>Any feedback on the job would be apprciated.
>>
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>
>>John
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>John....here is what I have in my files.....might apply, might not. These
people apparently scrounged up parts for their cars, somehow.
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>
>Doyt
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>                                 FIRST RECORD FROM FILES:
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>              I tried with the help of fellow Q-listers to find a
replacement bearing.  There is one made by Torrington but I couldn't use it.
I needed a new drive shaft.  Then, I recieved my Blaufergnugen brochure.  It
saved me!
>Rebuilt drive shafts are only $200.00!  The shipping is painful in itself,
but you save a hell of a lot of money ;-) Craig K. Porter
>85 4Ks
>86 4KcsQ (still under the wrench :
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>
>
>                                 SECOND RECORD FROM FILES
>To: Doyt
>From: dlawson@digitalglobe.com
>
>Date: 6 Dec 96 18:54:14 -0500
>
>Subject: Re: quattro center diff lock actuator ...
>Well folks, about a month after my poor baby broke it is all together
again.  With the help of Steve B. Bruce B. and Graydon S. my 90Q is running
again with about $50 dollars  of parts
>
>
>                                ( IS THIS THE ONE ?)
>
>  I rebuilt my center drive-shaft (carrier bearing and u-joint only).  The
bearing was gotten through GPR and is BMW part# 26121209532. It is the
bearing including the rubber surround and the mounting bracket as one piece,
total cost $35.
>
>
> 
>I successfully removed the bolt which holds the yoke to the foreshaft with
a 17mm box end(this required removing the zerk grease fitting from u-joint)
but found it too difficult to get the yoke off(no way to
press/pry/hammer/pull etc.). With Graydon's help I took apart the u-joint
and discovered it to be fairly "trashed" and stiff.  The only u-joint I
could find locally was a non-greasable unit made by Borg-Warner($15).
>
>
> If anyone
>has a part # for a greasable u-joint please let me know for future
reference.  After re-assembling everything I cleaned out the CV's, regreased
them and installed on the car. I sort of assumed that the drive-shaft would
self-align and it did!  The car runs great. All in all it was a simple
procedure, just a pain to get the necassary parts.
>
>Brendan Rudack			rudack@ucsub.Colorado.EDU '88 90Q
brudack@student.flint.umich.edu Fenton, Michigan USA
>