Thanks for the reposnse.
Unfortunately the lack of needle bearings in the carrier I also did not discover until after mine was already installed. Double unfortunately all the manual hub donor vehicles near me in Detroit were just too rusty to yank components off of or I would already have them...
I have a 02 Reg cab Taco that I had a local gear specialist install Truetracs in. I drove the truck to Mexico not long after and while there the driver side CV pulled out enough from the diff to leak gear oil out twice.
The 1st time I was able to push it back in and I chalked it up to maybe...
