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Originally Posted by Mikeeal33
I have the drive shaft out now, carrier bearing had at least 3/4" of play in it, and my rearmost u-joint was pretty bad. Gonna replace both hopefully today, throw it all back together and see what happens.
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Yikes 3/4" play is mechanical failure, that would put a lot of stress on the u-joints so it's no wonder the rear u-joint went bad and that's why it's always a good idea to do a full check on all mechanical systems when you buy a used vehicle and especially when its 46 years old.
It sounds like it wasn't far from catastrophic failure and you caught it just in time before something really bad happened.