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Ed3 · 24th June 2022, 20:44

Does anyone know the best way to strip, clean and grease what Haynes calls the "support bearing bracket" on the o/s drivers side driveshaft? I notice a big strong circlip that may not be easy to get at with a pliers. I want to check I can easily reassemble.

I aim to not disturb the inner and outer cv. I have a driveshaft from the breakers and flushed the support bearing with penetrating oil and then engine oil to get it moving. But it needs a strip and clean and new grease.

On the old driveshaft (on a manual CDTi) the bearing seems to have gone wrong, lots of play and moves along the driveshaft and I was getting a worn wheel bearing sound from that centre area when driving.

24th June 2022, 20:44	#1
Ed3 Loves to post Rover 75 CDTi saloon Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: UK Posts: 306 Thanks: 88 Thanked 29 Times in 26 Posts	Driveshaft o/s - support bearing bracket Does anyone know the best way to strip, clean and grease what Haynes calls the "support bearing bracket" on the o/s drivers side driveshaft? I notice a big strong circlip that may not be easy to get at with a pliers. I want to check I can easily reassemble. I aim to not disturb the inner and outer cv. I have a driveshaft from the breakers and flushed the support bearing with penetrating oil and then engine oil to get it moving. But it needs a strip and clean and new grease. On the old driveshaft (on a manual CDTi) the bearing seems to have gone wrong, lots of play and moves along the driveshaft and I was getting a worn wheel bearing sound from that centre area when driving.