Re: Center Drive Shaft Bearing

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

Hairy green toads from Mars made Jeff Goldberg say:

> Audi says this bearing is not serviceable, "just replace the driveshaft" The
> replacement bearing is available nowhere except Blau, to my knowledge. Has
> anyone replaced this bearing? Is there a cheap source of good driveshafts
> out there if the entire driveshaft has to go. At first, when he thought the
> replacement was readily available, the mechanic was still skeptical of the
> job cause the driveshaft is pretty rusty Any advice will be greatly
> appreciated.

AoA is FoS.

Audi does not sell the bearing, but there are plenty of places you
can get it. For the 4KQ, I believe the fabled BMW part works fine.
Check the archives. I think Rod at Blaufergnugen sells these for
both the 4K and 5K/1C/2C.

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