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The shaft actaully sits inside a outside protective tube. If you removed that to install the bearing, you would have to change the mounting of the shaft, since all the mounting hardware is on the tube...if that makes any sense. It would be a good idea, but I just dont think it would be as easy as you think.

I would take some pictures, but I dont have a digital camera handy, and unless you have the motor out of the car, you aren't going to see much, from above or below. The installation is so tight, that you just cant see much of the shaft.