Thanks for the info. After heeding your advice I searched around for instructions on changing it out. I found this site which was really detailed on how to do it and it was a little more work than I wanted to do.
http://www.4x4wire.com/toyota/tech/gear_setup/
I just took an identical 3rd member out of a parts truck and had it swapped in about 2 hours. It drives like new.
Thanks again.