99 A4 driveshaft play

[cgarr]

Anyone ever just replace the center support bearing?

https://vimeo.com/156339352

[drew]

lets get a video of that thing banging around under load.

[joezeeuw]

Yeah I'd say that confirms your suspicion.

[justrelax]

I had a worn out (albeit to a much lesser degree) support bearing in my old B5. Ended up finding a complete used driveshaft with a guarantee for under 100$ and skipping all the labor involved in replacing just the bearing.

[cgarr]

Is there any harm in pulling the driveshaft and driving the car for a bit?

[joezeeuw]

Good question. I'd say go for it?

[justrelax]

I had a buddy with a Volvo XC70 that he ran with no center driveshaft for a considerable amount of time. When he could finally afford to fix it, they just popped a new one in and everything was fine. ymmv...

[cgarr]

Cool, Ill wait till after the snow storm

[cgarr]

Got my bearing today now I have a project for the weekend

[cgarr]

All done pretty simple install.

[cgarr]

Smooth! And can't drive it without the rear driveshaft. I know cuz I tried it.