My driveshaft support is gone. Anyone have experience w/ the URO driveshaft support & bearing?

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Bad experience.

[edit] I should clarify. No comment on support, bearing was a dud out of the box. Continuous knocking noise.

Sixto
87 300D

Nothing bad so far, but so far is 5k miles. Avoid it.

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Changed one about a year ago on a 123. At about 1k miles (1,000), the bearing failed. I changed it (and all three mounts, and both disks) with MB stuff. SOBs.

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URO is fine for cosmetic parts or those that are easy to change and not critical to the safe operation of the vehicle.

Or, perhaps, if you want a quick fix for a car you are selling (and have a dark heart).

Otherwise, avoid them.

At $ 26 for a good one ( National is a big name bearings ) it isn't worth the risk. Beck has the holder for another $ 26 if you need that.

http://www.********.com/catalog/x,carcode,1193004,parttype,12743

It is also vitally important that the bearing never get pressed / hammered on to the drive shaft by the outer race, you _WILL_ brinell ( dent ) the race and it _WILL_ make noise. If you are pressing it into the holder, press on the outer race.

Inner?

Sixto
87 300D

Nope, Always press on the race you want to install so the balls are not loaded.

Press on the inner race when installing to the drive shaft, press on the outer race if installing into the holder.

When pressing the outer race into a bore, always use a sleeve / pipe / old outer race ( with inner and balls removed ) because for most ball bearings, the inner race is a bit taller than the outer race. Not doing so results in all the pressure being applied to the inner race / balls and a dented race / bearing noise.