4motion propshaft bearing

[Devonmike]

Has anyone replaced the central support bearing on the propshaft?
Looking at it guess that you need to split the universe joint adjacent to the bearing.
Is there a service kit available and what parts are required?
The bearing itself is listed on Autodoc.

 

[lateski]

Have done it. There is a snapring(?) and after removing it, you can pull the joint out of the propshaft and the bearing after that. Be sure to mark the joints splines to the propshaft, so you won't have to balance the propshaft afterwards, when you re-fit it to the exactly same position.

Just wondering, is the bearing noisy or is the rubber carrier worn?

If only the rubber part is broken, you can fix it in a couple ways without removing the propshaft. In youtube "Cayenne driveshaft jimi fix" for easy and a budget solution or for example darksidedevelopments offers JXB Motorsport(?) carrier for the bearing.

Edit. I found pictures of the old T5.1 propshaft, which I did earlier.

 

[Devonmike]

Have done it. There is a snapring(?) and after removing it, you can pull the joint out of the propshaft and the bearing after that. Be sure to mark the joints splines to the propshaft, so you won't have to balance the propshaft afterwards, when you re-fit it to the exactly same position.

Just wondering, is the bearing noisy or is the rubber carrier worn?

If only the rubber part is broken, you can fix it in a couple ways without removing the propshaft. In youtube "Cayenne driveshaft jimi fix" for easy and a budget solution or for example darksidedevelopments offers JXB Motorsport(?) carrier for the bearing.

Edit. I found pictures of the old T5.1 propshaft, which I did earlier.
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Mine is also a 5.1 Thank you for your advice, as far as I can tell the bearing is ok, not heard any noise from that area, it is the rubber that has perished and the prop has dropped within the bearing. I have seen the Darkside answer to the problem but I am more inclined to replace the bearing.