I'm a little confused over the orientation of the bearing support ... you said the side with the little "ledge" that the bearing backs into should face toward the rear of the car, which makes sense, but mine was facing the other way when I took it off the driveshaft. And the picture in the manual looks like mine did. In this picture, which direction should this side of the support face?

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