Driveshaft Center Carrier Bearing

Justin

Justin

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Whenever I accel or decell my car makes a nasty sounding clunk... I just inspected the entire driveline and the only thing I found was that the carrier bearing, center bearing, middle thing, whatever its called can move up,down, right left, I can spin in in a friggin circle... is that normal, or broken? Other than that the only thing that even caught my eye was with the e brake on, and the rear end lifted I can spin the driveshaft about a 1/4 inch right/left. the turning transfers through the diff and ito the half shafts, but dies between the halfshafts and wheels...

any thoughts?L I'm 'bout to make a long drive and its kinda scary... I'm considering doing a few hard launchs to try and break whatever is half broken already just so I can repair it before Canada....


ideas?


Thanks, justin.


Thechassis/tranny is NA, but the engine is GTE...

ANY ideas would be appreciated
 
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SySt

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DEFINITLY sounds like the driveshaft center bearing. Replace it to fix your woes. I would do it ASAP as well. A friend of mine had his bearing go out and did not know what it was right away. His differential eventually started tearing it's self apart. Chances are his pinion bearing was taking all the extra load from the bearing being out and eventually wore out allowing the pinion gear to move slightly. His pinion and ring gears tore each other apart.
 
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Allan_MA70

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there are many reasons for a 2 piece shaft over a single:

Less cabin noise
less load on the extension housing bushing and pinion bearings
better angle to the diff flange
safer in the event of a uni joint failure
less flex at high shaft speeds
 
jawsgear

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Allan_MA70 said:
there are many reasons for a 2 piece shaft over a single:

Less cabin noise
less load on the extension housing bushing and pinion bearings
better angle to the diff flange
safer in the event of a uni joint failure
less flex at high shaft speeds
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I would agree with better angle to diff flange.
 
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