Technical Fiat panda drive shaft

[Big gerry]

Hi everyone I have a 2013 fiat panda 4x4 and the drive shaft for the 4x4 the centre bearing the rubber is all torn my mechanic had a look and he said the centre bearing is pressed on so I will need a whole new shaft please help has anyone gone down this road before

 

[jrkitching]

OEM shafts are pricey, but aftermarket parts are available at more reasonable cost.

I understand it's also possible, though not trivial, to split the propshaft and replace just the centre bearing. It can be purchased seperately:

Fiat Panda 4x4 Prop Shaft Bearing

www.shop4parts.co.uk

 

[IanWalrus]

A new shaft from Fiat is £800. I got a local place (near Bracknell) to replace the bearing on mine last month for £170.

 

[Big gerry]

Thank you for the reply’s a new one from fiat is £1550 plus vat I’ve found a place in the north that just dose shafts £266 my mechanic won’t split the shaft he never done it before the wee car done well I’ve got 95000 miles

 

[Herts Hillhopper]

There's a couple of other posts on this - try the forum search tool (search propshaft)

That will lead you here https://www.fiatforum.com/threads/panda-4x4-propshaft-bearing.495473/ for starters

 

[Big gerry]

Thank you for the reply’s a new one from fiat is £1550 plus vat I’ve found a place in the north that just dose shafts £266 my mechanic won’t split the shaft he never done it before the wee car done well I’ve got 95000 miles

Just to let everyone no I got sorted with a new drive shaft from driveshaft solutions all in £260