Is the support bearing on the 5spd Driveshaft serviceable? Lord Google has given no definitive answer, mostly people with $$$ insisting the OP get a one-piece instead of being useful by answering the question. I have a litre of cola for whoever can help.

 

From what I found, it would be cheaper to buy another driveshaft than to get it fixed. It looks to be press fit. I got one for $40 at a u pull it with a good bushing and bearing, even with 160k on the odometer.

 

It is my understanding that it isn't serviceable.
Anytime that has ever been bad, I ended up buying a used drive shaft from someone, or hoping it didn't destroy anything while I saved up for a one piece.

 

call local driveshaft shop find out how much it cost to retube the driveshaft using exsisting u joints at the trans and at the diff it cost me 150 for it so a viable option. and its serviceable but not really worth it when the bearing is $40 and the headache of trying to change it.

 

150 dollars is about halfway to a one-piece. I'll just run this thing till I can grab another one at a reasonable price from someone/where. Thanks for the help

 

halfway to a nice one piece.
I seem to recall being able to pick up a steel one for less than 200 bucks.

might have been used. but still.

 

Even better, I was thinking about something lighter if I were going to go through the trouble.

 

well thats just it the retubing makes it a one piece so i paid 150 for a one piece made to my length.

 

It doesn't really matter much if it's steel or aluminum. All there is is a weight factor, something that you will never notice the difference w/. I have a steel one piece and trust me, it's a lot lighter than the OEM 2 piece by far

 

I don't know that I would go that far as to say you won't notice the difference in the weight of them.
IF it is the only piece that has been lightened, then you should notice a little bit of a difference.
But, if you have several lightweight upgrades, you should notice a difference of just a couple of pounds here and there.
i forget exactly how it works out, but it is something stupid like 1 pound of rotating mass is like dropping 8 pounds elsewhere in the car.
With a 240, you only need to drop something like 12-13 pounds to have the same effect as increasing 1 horsepower.