Just curious if anyone has bothered to replace thier propeller shaft out of pocket or just have learned to live with the cold morning whining till it goes away noise? I experience it only below 32 degree temp otherwise no whine. My car gas only 60,000k on it. I imagine it will just get worse. I just can’t understand why Acura has kept the price so high on this part knowing it fails because of the bearing they use. I can’t see myself buying this very expensive part unless not replacing it can cause an accident.

 

My local Acura/Honda shop offered to have the bearing replaced by a driveshaft shop they partnered with, and if that didn't work I could have the driveshaft replaced and they would not charge me for the bearing replacement... well, after they replaced the bearing, the drive shaft started to whine again after a month. I didn't want to shell out for the drive shaft replacement so I ate the cost of the bearing replacement. It doesn't get worse really, after it warms up its fine, and the whine is gone. Its only during the winter I have the issue.

 

 

I agree, I thought about buying a used shaft, but its impossible to know if it already has, or will eventually suffer, the same issue. I have a 2005 w/ 190K miles, I'm trying to ride this out a few years, fixing as much as I can myself, until I can get myself an electric car.

 

Matt - how the AFS holding up with the resistor fix?