Roger Brown wrote:
>
> "Paul Hovnanian P.E." wrote:
> >
> > 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.

Thanks. There was indeed some slack in the nut. If the bearings are
shot, it'll just loosten up again in a month or two, but it seems fine
now.

> 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.
>
> --
> Roger

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Paul Hovnanian
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Bloody typical, they've gone back to metric without telling us.