Re: Drive shaft bearing question

[Andrew Duane USG <duane@hunch.zk3.dec.com>]

Hairy green toads from Mars made Lino M. Valadas say:

> Any of you guys done a drive shaft bearing (86 5ktqw) by replacing it with
> the BMW one (I have the part #).  I know that there are BTDT's on the 4k,
> but is it doable on the 5k, and if so how do you get it past the UJ?

BTDT :-(

My '89 100Q had a bad driveshaft bearing, and I tried to get the
BMW part to fit. It didn't. Of course, I found this out *after*
the mechanic had sliced up the BMW one so I couldn't return it.

The good news is that Jim at Blau makes a 5K center bearing for
$169 that fit perfectly.

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