Hey thanks so much for the info. I won’t be able to get under the car when it’s on the ground so I’ll have to try and figure out how to get that tightened up as you said.

I have that thread open and have been using it for reference. It’s been a great help so far but I was a bit confused when it was talking about and showing pictures of snap rings, as there is no such retention on my original bearing, it’s just pressed on. And there is a part assembly that gets referenced that isn’t quite relevant to my driveline, which is why I had some questions and came here, but a great resource nonetheless.

The U-joint is indexing. It wants to index to a straight position. I’ll likely have a local driveshaft shop press the new bearing and carrier so I will ask him about getting that overhauled. It’s a daily driver so I only have about a week left of vacation to get it back up to speed.