Can anyone help?

 

I have a vibrating propshaft centre bearing that is need of replacement shortly.

 

Working for a Bearing and Transmission company that also reverse engineer bearings etc. (tut tut) I may be able to offer a substantial saving on obtaining these bearings.

 

Has anyone out there got an old bearing that they don't mind me having a look at to obtain.

 

It may be that this has already been done, if so please advise.

 

Obviously the savings will be passed on if found

 

Regards

 

Steve

In my case it wasn't the bearing as such that failed but the rubber support part, allowing it to sag and the prop to run out of true. Not sure whether I kept it, I'll have a dig around in the garage sometime to check.

Steve

Mine too. Its the rubber mount that perishes and goes harder than a witches t!t then cracks and sags and leaves the shaft on the bones of its ar$e so to speak. My old one's got a perfect bearing in it too.

 

How's your firm on rubber goods?

 

Actually I kept mine going for ages by taking some of that heavy polythene curtain stuff that fork lift trucks barge through in the factory - not many left now. I cut a strip and slipped it under the centre bearing in between the fold on the perished rubber on the bearing mount with propshaft gently jacked up a bit to support it. It works fine for a while but eventually gets depressed and squeezed out as we all do eventually!

 

You just have to get the proper one unless you can remake the mount in bonded rubber with the right elasticity etc etc

 

£135 ish and 3 hours ish labour

i have a prop shaft lying about with the rubber split you can have it if you want or if its just the bearing let me know how to remove it and ill post it to ya, just pay for the the p+p?

 

phil

Easy as that then,

 

No probs making to order, shore hardness testing and even pink if required.

 

So anyone out there want to send me one i'll forward address to confirm and pay postage......

 

Steve