drive shaft bearing questions..

[USMCgetsome]

Ok my transmission mount and drive shaft i guess center bearing is shot. The drive shaft bearing mount, Is it a full assembly or can i simply replace the mount isolator? heres a pic.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...sting

right where the center bearing assembly is the mount on it.
Modified by KUILLIN_DRIFTER at 8:27 PM 5/22/2007

[USMCgetsome]

bump.

[guyaverage]

The bearing is a one-piece unit that presses onto the front shaft. After you seperate the two pieces of the driveshaft, there is a flange on the front shaft that is held on by a large nut. I had to use an impact wrench to get the nut off. After that, a standard 2-jaw puller will pull the flange off, then use it again to pull the bearing off (I cut most of the rubber cushion part of the bearing off first, and let the jaws dig into the remaining rubber and the bearing itself). Push the new bearing on by hand, put the flange on, then by tightening the retaining nut the flange will push the bearing the rest of the way on. This is how I did mine.

If you have an impact wrench, its a fairly quick, easy job. If not, trying to get that flange nut off will ruin your day. I wasted about 2 hours with various breaker bars and wrenches and everything else trying to loosen it with no luck. I got pissed off went on a bike ride to simmer down and as I was going past my friends house I saw him in his garage with his compressor and impact wrench (I didnt know he had one) working on his brakes. Bingo! An hour later I was done.

[USMCgetsome]

thanks for the input. I really appreciate it. Good write up material.

[Florida240sx]

Well if your getting the whole driveshaft just swap it. New bearing from nissan is either 140 or 170

[guyaverage]

Nissan charges $140+ for a new bearing? Wow. I got mine off ebay for $39.

[USMCgetsome]

was it just the bearing or the full assembly. Whichone off of ebay did you buy? I cannot find any for a 240sx. Only for earlier models. Let me know fellas. I'd rater spent the $50 then the $150 for this bearing. Feels like my damn drive shaft wants to jump through my trunk. lol.

btw replaced the transmission mount yesterday with a new nismo transmission mount from courtseynissan in dallas. Looked beefy compared to the old one.

[guyaverage]

The ebay buyer I got mine from is "joetlc" but I did a search on that user name and I dont see any driveshaft bearings for sale.