Parts for your 2010 Honda Accord-Centre bearing

2010 Honda Accord centre-bearing — is it a thing?

For a 2010 Honda Accord sold in Australia and New Zealand, a centre-bearing isn’t fitted or required. Technical references including the Honda factory Service Manual for the 2008–2012 Accord (Driveline/Axle section), Honda’s electronic parts catalogue for CU/CP chassis codes, and mainstream workshop databases (e.g., Autodata/AllData) show a front-wheel-drive layout with a transaxle and two front driveshafts. There’s no propeller shaft running to the rear, so there’s no tailshaft centre support bearing in this model.

Why isn’t a centre-bearing used? A centre-bearing is a support for a long, two-piece tailshaft on rear-wheel-drive or all-wheel-drive vehicles. It keeps the shaft aligned, controls vibration, and manages speed-related whip. The 2010 Accord is front-wheel drive only in this market (both 4-cylinder and V6 variants), so power goes straight out of the transaxle to the front wheels via short halfshafts—no long tailshaft, no centre-bearing.

What can be confused for a centre-bearing on a front-drive Accord is the right-hand intermediate (stub) shaft support bearing. Some people casually call it a “carrier bearing”, but it’s not a tailshaft centre-bearing. That intermediate bearing is bolted to the engine block to help create near equal-length driveshafts, reducing torque steer and improving NVH. If there’s a droning or humming that sounds speed-related, the usual suspects on these cars are front wheel bearings, CV joints, tyres, or that intermediate shaft support bearing—worth getting a proper diagnosis before ordering parts labelled “centre-bearing”.

• If a listing shows a “centre-bearing” for a 2010 Accord, it’s either mislabeled or referring to the intermediate shaft support bearing.
• AWD/Crosstour-style centre support bearings don’t apply to Australian/NZ 2010 Accord sedans.

FAQs

Does a 2010 Honda Accord have a centre-bearing?
No. The Australian and New Zealand 2010 Accord is front-wheel drive and doesn’t use a tailshaft centre support bearing. Technical sources (Honda Service Manual and Honda EPC for CU/CP) show no prop shaft or centre-bearing in this model.

What part is often mistaken for a centre-bearing on this Accord?
The right-hand intermediate shaft support bearing. It’s mounted to the engine block and supports the short intermediate shaft to help balance driveshaft lengths. It’s not a tailshaft centre-bearing, but some listings loosely call it a carrier/centre bearing.

Hearing a humming noise—could that be a centre-bearing?
On this car, a centre-bearing isn’t present. Humming that changes with road speed is more likely a front wheel bearing, tyre noise, a worn CV joint, or the intermediate shaft support bearing. A technician can pinpoint the source during a road test and on-hoist inspection.