I've been doing some work under my car, and I noticed that the center bearing is bolted to its mounting tabs at an angle. In other words it doesn't appear to be aligned perpendicularly to the drive shaft.
I replaced a center bearing on my first coupe, but that was more than 20 years ago now. The main thing I remember is that you preloaded it a bit before tightening the bolts down.
The transmission mount is not attached at an angle. Both bolts appear to be tightened down at the rearmost point of travel on the transmission mounting rails. The mount itself is pushed over towards the passenger's side of the car at the limit of its side-to-side adjustment. The shift platform sits closer to the driver's side of the car.
My question is should I realign the center bearing mount? My main concern with doing that is if it might damage the part, either the rubber surround or the bearing itself. I expect if it caused any problems it would be with the rubber surround.
Appreciate the input,
Dan
I replaced a center bearing on my first coupe, but that was more than 20 years ago now. The main thing I remember is that you preloaded it a bit before tightening the bolts down.
The transmission mount is not attached at an angle. Both bolts appear to be tightened down at the rearmost point of travel on the transmission mounting rails. The mount itself is pushed over towards the passenger's side of the car at the limit of its side-to-side adjustment. The shift platform sits closer to the driver's side of the car.
My question is should I realign the center bearing mount? My main concern with doing that is if it might damage the part, either the rubber surround or the bearing itself. I expect if it caused any problems it would be with the rubber surround.
Appreciate the input,
Dan