I'm Baaack; Next Monthly Big $ Problem; Help

[Paul_Royal@idx.com]

Hi Friends,
     Well, I'm back...left Wyoming Wednesday; Blizzard Thursday; left
Nebraska Saturday; 12 hours ahead of snow...16 days;
7,000 miles but not without something fun.....here's the problem.

     With car in gear, coast (best at over 20mph) squeak type chatter.
     Depress accelerator just enough to power on and squeak is gone.
     ...or...depress clutch and squeak is gone...or...take out of gear and
squeak is gone.
     Squeak is available in all gears....and most noticeable at high speed
when car is first "engine braking."
     Some driveline shudder seems to be detectable by me.

I saw my mechanic this morning and he thinks that it is probably the
"center driveshaft support mount bearing."  We put it on a lift in gear but
speed and drag were not sufficient enough to re-create the noise on the
lift.  There seemed to be a "barely" detectable squeak coming from the
center bearing area.  Mechanics advice was to wait until it gets worse.  We
checked the tranny fluid and it's still clean (new tranny in case you
forgot).

Questions:
What do you folks think from afar.
New driveshaft is $851
Blaufergnugen has advertisement for "CDSMB" for $109.95.

Has anyone ever dealt with any of these issues.

Full trip report to follow.....

Thanks in Advance....Paul Royal
                    90-90Q20v