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Originally Posted by 97 SL320
Ball bearings generally don't get play until they fall apart from a failed cage. This will be visible once the seal is removed.
Is the yoke nut tight? It will be staked on but fretting wear will let the yoke some loose on the shaft. After a time the splines wear and drive will be lost.
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Thanks for your input... This has been precisely my suspicion; that the bearing's races are wearing out. Though it hasn't completely fallen apart yet, I don't think the output shaft should be
moveable...
Causality aside; my question, though, was on the serviceability of that bearing. Can it be easily replaced once the yoke is removed? Is it easily accessible? Anybody ever done this?
IE, I'm hoping to get all my ducks in a row here before disassembling everything again.