1961 center support bearing / carrier
- Thread starter ken smith
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I bought the Inland driveshaft. It's more than twice the diameter of the original shaft. Very beefy unit. If you go with the Inland, you'll never have breakage issues.
Tri5man
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Yep, the Inland Empire Driveline (IED) heavy duty billet carrier bearing and rear driveshaft with a slip joint for $330 is the way to go. I always install a rubber gasket (piece of old inner tube) under the bearing mount to eliminate inducing harmonics into the frame. Be sure your phasing is correct.
BEWARE- I was advised by IED at a show recently that the Chinese are now selling a reproduction of IED's carrier bearing. Be careful who you buy from. It could be made in China by small children using inferior materials.
Gary
BEWARE- I was advised by IED at a show recently that the Chinese are now selling a reproduction of IED's carrier bearing. Be careful who you buy from. It could be made in China by small children using inferior materials.
Gary
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Hey Gary,
I just had a carrier bearing break this week end. I did weld mine up with a steel strap around the housing. Should hold for now.
I was thinking about using one of the billet center supports. Will the billet support work with the stock drive shaft or is it necessary to use a new shaft with a rear slip joint?
Jim, You must use the telescoping rear drive shaft with the solid center bearing support. Only the rubber donut will survive with the one piece rear drive shaft. Because I have the one piece rear shaft, I destroyed my urethane center bearing support and went back to the rubber donut with a reinforced mount like yours. BTW, make sure the rear suspension is loaded with the rear body weight before tightening the center support. Leo
Thanks Leo. I thought I read that when the billet supports came out years ago but I couldn't remember. I have heard from another member that runs the billet support with the stock drive shaft and has had no problem. Must depend on how much the suspension moves? I guess I'll just run the reinforced support for now and see how it holds up.
Yea that's me. Have had my inland empire solid center support bearing on the car with the stock driveshaft for probably 6 years now. Working great
Same here Empire billet support on a stock drive shaft assembly. No problems or vibrations.
Car is a show car and not drag raced. If it was I would upgrade to the Empire complete driveshaft assy.
Mike