"Paul Hovnanian P.E." wrote:
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> I may be needing one soon. The pinion bearing had some play in it.

You could try tighting up the nut on the pinion flange. Unstake the nut, set a
torque wrench to about 90 ft.lbs. and see if it'll snug up at all. Often that
is all that is needed to take up the slack. I did it a few times on my old 3rd
member in my 4Runner.

Otherwise figure about $200 labor on the rebuild, parts will vary demending on
what's damaged. Might be more cost effective to pick up a used 3rd from a
junkyard.

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Roger