Cannot find the Intermediate Shaft Carrier Bearing at any local outlet. All online sources are selling only the bare bearing if they have anything at all, and the 2 ive found will take a week to ship.

Most stores are showing this BIG FREAKIN LONG right hand CV Axle... its not right. Its supposed to be a little short thing at the end of the Intermediate shaft. Napa, i think it was showed 2 different right CV axles, one long one short both for a manual trans, both "guaranteed to fit" lololz.

Most stores online show up a whole cv/int "half shaft" in my google search that turns up to say Does Not Fit. Chase down the number, its for a hyundai....
What to do guys?? Wifey needs it asap

Honestly im not even convinced that its bad but if im already gutting the front end to change cv axles and struts id be dumb not to do it.... aye?

 

The NAPA long CV joint is probably for an AT. The NAPA short and long CV joint are probably the intermediate and outer CV shafts respectively.

If you don't have a press, then you'll have to take the intermediate shaft to a shop to swap out the bearing if you bought only the bearing.

I'm of the mindset if it ain't broke, don't fix it. What issue(s) are you currently having with the actual CV joints?

 

Actual problem is the rumble between 60 and 75 when on the gas. Found numerous people claiming it was the cv joints. Which one is a guess. May as well change both, and the struts are rusty as hell so im changing them while i have everything yanked apart.

If good is good i guess i might as well ignore the urge to change the carrier bearing. Just dont wanna have to tear it all back down any time soon.

On a related side note....
What is it with anybody that swears its easier to drop a transmission than to pull an engine to change a clutch in one of these FWD cars?

Only experience i have on that line was a 96 geo metro. I could pull and reinstall the engine in one afternoon. This business of separating ball joints etc to pull the cv axles does not sound like the easy way to do a clutch (thankfully i dont seem to need that unless wifey changes it dramatically)

 

the thing autozone sold me is the long one. Almost certainly wrong. And no, the intermediate has a carrier bearing/bracket and no cv knuckle.

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I didn't have time to change my clutch when it went out, so I took it to an independent shop with former Honda dealership mechanics. That mechanic just pulled my transmission, so I suspect it is quicker.

I dropped the sub-frame on my car and it wasn't a terrible job. The only tricky part was disconnecting the power steering rack.

You can certainly pull the engine and transmission together, so I'd say it is your preference.

For the CV joints, separating the ball joints isn't too hard. I chaned both CV joints on my old accord in about 45 minutes, so pulling the replacement CV joints isn't terrible if you had to get to the intermediate shaft.

I'd recommend looking at the CV joints seals on the transmission to see verify you don't have a leak.

 

Changed both in 45 mins... wow not bad at all. Hopefully i dont got a pile of stuck bolts. I ought to hit them with the Peanut Butter Blaster asap
Got new seals. Hope theyre correct. But if im not pulling the intermediate shaft i guess one will be going back. Both seals are clean and dry presently

 

On the rumble noise have you checked for possible wheel bearing issue?? Oh and doing a clutch job much easier/faster to pull tranny than the engine

 

Have not specifically checked wheel bearings. Honestly the fact that its only at speed makes any of it hard. Im going entirely on anecdotal evidence from a thread on a honda odyssey forum where they all reported the exact same sensation at the exact same speeds and 95% resolved it with CV axles.

 

Wheel bearings tend to make noise at all speeds. If you notice a change in noise when turning left vs turning right, that would also indicate a wheel bearing issue.

From the speeds, I'd lean towards CV joints as well.

 

I will be surprised if it is cv joints , usually worn cv joint cause some vibration , unless by rumble you mean vibration as well ,,rumble noise is usually cause by worn bearings
and i don't mean just wheel bearings . Please post the fix I am curious :-)
If you can lift frt wheels , put jack stands, e brake on maybe a friend can put car in gear and you can try to duplicate the noise might be easier to diagnose ,unless car needs to be on the road /under load
for noise to occur then it won't happen