We were called out to a damsel in distress in Chigwell, Essex who had been quoted £1700 by Volkswagen to repair her vehicle.

The owner had a 2005 Touareg which was making an awful clunking / banging noise when travelling over 30mph

After a physical inspection underneath the vehicle, we could see that the Propshaft carrier bearing on the rear driveshaft had split which was causing the knocking noise

VW do not offer the bearing to purchase as a replacement part. Instead they expect you to purchase the complete driveshaft which retails at nearly £1100 however after a few phone calls we were able to find the bearing without the need of going to the dealership.

The failure of the “doughnut bearing” (so called as it is shaped like a doughnut) is common on the VW Touareg /Audi Q7 and Porsche Cayenne

We stripped the propshaft on the customers drive and returned the following day with a new bearing installed on the propshaft

Within the hour the new driveshaft was installed and after a test drive we had another happy customer!