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Newbie here. My 2008 XL 4x2 4.2L V6 has 40K miles and the center support bearing looks shot. The truck was shaking badly and making a lot of grinding noise. I have done this previously on my Mercedes GL and it was a $30 part plus $20 to the machine shop to press it in.
After reading forums and on the sticker I think this one can not be serviced. Is it true? Can a machine shop do something? Help appreciated!!
Can someone offer some help? Its so unpatriotic and stupid on part of Ford engineers to design a drive shaft which needs to be thrown out just for a busted bearing on a F150. Its a work truck not a Ferrari!!!
I have a 2010 with 80k miles and I just brought mine in today and got the same news. Called a couple different places, including a few machine shops, and I have gotten the same answer from everyone, and that is for me to drop close to a grand to replace the entire shaft! I'm incredibly frustrated...
One one hand they say go green and want us to recycle a coke can too. here ford wants us to waste a perfectly fine machined product just because a bearing went bad. This is robbery IMO. Its a Fu***n F150! Should be a $30 fix. BTW I found a new drive shaft for $400 at fort wayne clutch and drive. Thats the cheapest so far.
Thanks for the website, I punched in the number found on my driveshaft into the upper right of the website and it gave me 2 results. I can buy the same type of shaft that failed, with the non-replaceable bearing for $350, or they make a custom shaft, with a replaceable bearing listed at $585.
Last edited by rainman007; 01-03-2015 at 11:39 AM.
12-28-2014, 11:40 PM
2008 F150 XL center support bearing busted
