the noise doesn't bother me as much as the play. The noise could be anything from the brake pads releasing to internals of the diff, Hiem joints. It has done it from the very beginning. I'm just anal with noises. The noise is what brought the attention to the half shaft.
Looking at the diagram of the parts it looks like there is bearing part number 912 in fig E of the manual. It appears to be a press on bearing to the stub. Wouldn't this bearing bearing control lateral movement.
LLoyd G
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