got my car back late yesterday. Rt. side axel was replaced. The knuckle joint was so bad it was pretty obvious what was wrong after it was off the car. The bad thing was it had put push-pull stress on the rear wheel and the bearing was showing signs of failure. So while it was in the shop I had both rear bearings replaced. I watched them do one side and this is not something I have the tools to do. Didn't look hard, just takes special tools. I see no mention in the service records of this ever being done so I guess the rears are good for 200k +. No more noise!