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#7 is the front bearing and it lives in the very front of the tube (to the left).
#19 are the rear bearings and they sit entirely inside #24 at the opposite end.
#14 is about 4' long and is unsupported but there's a rubber snubber in the middle to keep flexing from getting out of hand.
Ye gods! I don't think GM could have made it any more complicated, could they?
ReplyDeleteI take it that the outer tube is actually part of the vehicle "backbone" in that it stiffens the entire drive train to minimize chassis torsion? Still think it worth the $$$ to get the entire assembly and then work the old one at leisure to become a spare.
That's probably the best course of action, either keep it as a spare or sell it to someone else who wants to rebuild it or use it for parts.
DeleteIt's a driveline and spine.
DeleteThe C4 had a girder running parallel to the driveshaft to do this job. Those things are joy to work on by comparison.
The C5 started this nonsense.
I am still cheesed off that you need to remove the entire rear-end to get at the clutch, a wear item. But if you think about it, you're really not removing much more than the transmission; it's just it's in an odd place.
Thanks for that.
ReplyDeleteMy 928 had three bearings, all inside the torque tube, evenly spaced.
I hear you about getting at the clutch by removing the rear suspension. At least it gave me an excuse to replace all the rear suspension bushings.