Installed a new center support bearing and CV joint on my driveshaft. Man, what a complete pain this thing is to remove. The rear flange on my 4.8is was tucked way under the stupid exhaust heat shield, unlike the pelican parts how-to shows. Had to drop the exhaust to wiggle the heat shield out of there and despite having no rust on my car, the driveshaft was seized pretty good to the rear diff so that took a lot of coaxing to get it off. I was only planning on replacing the support bearing, but when I removed the driveshaft, I noticed that the CV joint was really gritty feeling so I decided to replace that too.

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2006 X5 4.8is