HOW TO: Replace center support bearing and remove driveshaft.
03-23-14, 03:33 PM
#1
HOW TO: Replace center support bearing and remove driveshaft.
I thought I'd share my experience replacing my center support bearing and hopefully this will serve as a general guide on what to expect when doing so. This is a condensed version so I may have missed a few steps, feel free to add any information I may have missed.
This was done on a 1998 SC300.
These four things will make this job easier:
1. A lift
2. A vice
3. An impact gun
4. A helper (for removing exhaust)
It is important to mark the driveshaft so everything is re-installed the same way it was removed. This will prevent the driveshaft from getting unbalanced.
This was done on a 1998 SC300.
These four things will make this job easier:
1. A lift
2. A vice
3. An impact gun
4. A helper (for removing exhaust)
It is important to mark the driveshaft so everything is re-installed the same way it was removed. This will prevent the driveshaft from getting unbalanced.
04-20-14, 10:38 PM
#4
I had to take off the drive shaft again since new bearing was a defect. It made a whirring noise in 1st gear.
Good news is that I didn't have to take off my exhaust system to remove it. I found out that I was able to slip the drive shaft through the Y-pipe in the rear section of the exhaust. This might apply to your set up if you have a similar exhaust as mine.
Good news is that I didn't have to take off my exhaust system to remove it. I found out that I was able to slip the drive shaft through the Y-pipe in the rear section of the exhaust. This might apply to your set up if you have a similar exhaust as mine.
Awesome, you're welcome, follow up with any tips or whatever you'd like to add. I heard some bearings have snap rings on them, but mine didn't.
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12-25-15, 06:02 AM
#11
Wish I'd read this earlier now I'm stuck with a bearing that could be faulty but I will still install it I have not done it yet and I hope it fixes the issue with the noise it makes it kind of sounds like it's banging at certain rpms and it vibrates when I Drive
05-10-17, 04:55 AM
#12
Nice writeup. Seems like you were having a vibration issue even though the rubber appears intact. I'm getting driveline vibration and am questioning my support as well, but haven't found any videos showing how much play is considered acceptable. If you get a chance can you check the one I posted at https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...ml#post9862961 and tell me what you think? How did you diagnose your center support as the problem, did the bearing squeal at all on yours? Mine is silent.
02-08-18, 09:19 PM
#14
Luxor,
You probably discovered this by now but it was not likely the center bearing, but rather the transmission that was the problem. Is this correct? If the sound is present in first gear only, then look to first gear as the source.
We are all guilty of thinking the cause of a problem is the repair we just made to the related area, seeming to forget that repairs are corrected problems, not fuzzy confusions in our head.
You probably discovered this by now but it was not likely the center bearing, but rather the transmission that was the problem. Is this correct? If the sound is present in first gear only, then look to first gear as the source.
We are all guilty of thinking the cause of a problem is the repair we just made to the related area, seeming to forget that repairs are corrected problems, not fuzzy confusions in our head.
