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Thanks, guys. One thing I did do was try to evaluate it by rotating the drive shaft by hand with the car in and out of gear, and the rear wheels off the ground. With it in gear, the pinion flange hardly moved at all (meaning the transmission is ok?), and with it in neutral, I get the 1/4" rotational movement of the pinion flange. I had also read as mentioned above that the correct backlash should be .008 to .012.....I was just wondering if anyone knew what that would translate into at the pinion flange. I did check to see if there was any play in the U joints, and if the driveshaft to pinion flange bolts were loose.......both seemed to checkout ok.