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DISCUSSION => Engine + Driveline => Topic started by: ///digitalme on July 09, 2010, 05:32:33 PM

Title: driveshaft issue...
Post by: ///digitalme on July 09, 2010, 05:32:33 PM

so my center support bearing need to be changed...i changed it withing 5 minutes of installation it failed...and i kep on hearing the same thump soung over and over again....the screws on the flex disc are really tight would that cause it to fail? well im thinking u joints are bad....since i replaced the center support bearing again yesterday and it failed...
any suggestions?

Title: driveshaft issue...
Post by: zmannz803 on July 14, 2010, 04:54:36 AM

Sounds like its time for a whole new drive shaft my friend. I have been through similar issues myself. I hear my D/S slap my heat shield every time I miss a perfect clutch(if the revs aren't matched when I let out) and I have this wonderful vibration if the car is in gear but coasting in any gear. I tried the guibo first, then I put on a center support and it still makes  noise. I have a bad u-joint, which is non servicable at home. I am just going to buy a whole new one and get a new set of half shafts while I am at it, my boots are totally gone.