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So yesterday I took the truck for a ride to pick up my son from baseball practice. It was a total of about 30 miles round trip. The clamps and safety wire were successful in keeping the collar from backing off. So in the future when I remove the rear differential and torque tube for a gear change, I may just weld tabs on the collar and trunion cover that attaches to the back of the transmission. Both will have a 3 /16 drilled in them so a can run a piece of safety wire between them. This would solve the problem and look less intrusive than the hose clamps