Originally Posted by
tonyp5467
the centre bearing is noisey under load
the annoying thing is I changed the full shaft 1 month ago with one from a local breakers and its gone noisey in the last few days and you only get 14 day warranty and they have no more in stock
but to make it worse I changed it due to a worn outer cv on the original shaft and once I changed it I binned the original which I culd have used to make a good one from two
also been told the bearings a pain to change or I would have gone down that route
The tripod bearing isnt that difficult to change tbh, but they are common for going. Saves the expense of replacing the whole / half the shaft. Just split the shaft, clean it up, remove the circlip, tape up the tripod, and tap it off. reverse for installing.
