[vince1]

I replaced mine a while back not because the bearing was bad but the original rubber was looking pretty bad. There are two different style hangers and I can't remember in detail the differences but the parts guy asked which one and he supplied the appropriate D type. The bearing needed to be driven on but after that it was just bolt the hanger back into place. If yours is loose on the shaft maybe some bearing retainer Loctite would work. As far as noise, lugging them in high gear and they all make that noise. At least that is the way I remember them as far back as fifty years ago.

Apparently the newer larger diameter drive shafts can be much longer in a one piece so you might consider looking into that possibility too. The junk yards have lots of them and maybe you could cut one down. That is what a fellow at Pick n Pull had suggested to me but I kept it original.