I just went through the same thing, on my 3rd torn up carrier bearing in less then 100 miles, I had les schwab do all the work, they finally found the issue, the cross member that mounts the bearing is bent about 3 inches, so, instead of dropping the gas tank and going through all that to replace the cross member, I am just going to find a solid 1 piece drive shaft to replace the 2 piece. Any one see any issues with this other then the shaft will sit a little low in the center of it?