Parts for your 2022 Toyota Aqua-Centre bearing

2022 Toyota Aqua centre-bearing: what’s actually fitted

Based on Toyota’s service literature for the 2022 Aqua (model codes MXPK11/MXPK16), the Toyota Electronic Parts Catalogue (EPC), and Toyota’s technical outline for the TNGA-B platform and E-Four system, a traditional tailshaft centre-bearing is not used on this vehicle. The Aqua runs a transverse front-wheel-drive hybrid layout, and the optional E-Four grade drives the rear wheels via a dedicated rear electric motor, not a mechanical prop shaft. With no two-piece propeller shaft, there’s no need for a centre-bearing.

What sometimes causes confusion is wording. Some FWD Toyotas use a short front “intermediate shaft” on the right-hand side with a block-mounted support bearing. Toyota service manuals list this as an intermediate shaft support bearing within the front drive shaft section, not a centre-bearing. The EPC for the 2022 Aqua lists front drive shafts and, where applicable, that intermediate shaft and its bracket/bearing — but there’s no propeller shaft or centre support bearing assembly in the driveline group.

• Drivetrain layout: TNGA-B, transverse engine/transaxle, no longitudinal tailshaft.
• E-Four AWD: independent rear electric drive, no prop shaft between axles.
• Parts evidence: EPC shows front drive shafts/intermediate shaft only