Hmm could you get them separate at a breakers? Thats crazy money

 thats going to be one option to look at, but most probably wont want to seperate them from the prop and the props sell for 80-120 quid which is a bit much considering the same could happen in a couple of months

the other thing is ive seen people mention using bmw and merc mounts instead with a little modification so will see whats involved there.

depending on the bmw/merc situation, i think ill just machine a new carrier up and fit a new bearing from our suppliers, just have to try and find a solution for the rubber donut around it

A company that makes bearings of all sorts and sizes for the industry is BRT bearings.

 ive found a company in swindon who are proshaft specialists and have a range of prop shaft parts. im going to go down there and try out a C4 bearing first. if it fits the mounting brackets and the bearing is too big, then ill make a shim to make it fit.

will keep this updated incase anyone else has this issue