if you can't fix what you have, you gonna get lucky converting to a whole new driveline? - the pinion should not have much "play" at all, a shop manual would be helpful - if you don't have one try here

Bill


Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me
Some TF series details & TF heater pics