FrankTorres

Ok so another 12k miles later (22k miles and 5 years total)this el cheapo (DEA A6008) center bearing is toast. The rubber no longer supports.
So I bought another cheap bearing from Rockauto but this time different brand. (WESTAR DS8470)...

I want to edit this post to report that the premature failure of the center support bearing was due to a bad forward Ujoint.

The bad Ujoint caused an off center vibration, causing center support bearing to come apart where the rubber joins the center hub.

I was wondering why I was getting a wear ping like noise when I released the clutch to accelerate, I thought in might of been the clutch pressure plate but it was the driveshaft!


Notice the marks on the joint...



Notice the thin rubber bonding to the center bearing hub.