Who replaced their needle bearing with clamshell bushing

I replaced mine about 30k ago. Similar symptoms as others. Highly highly recommend spending the money to get the puller or rent.

 

my 2005 2.7l. Lost 4wd and this is what I found. Any advice would be great.

 

Anyone know what is going on in the pic I posted

 

Looks like a needle bearing to me.
The only way the needle bearing would cause you to loose 4WD would be to come apart and lockup the front axle.
And that's not at all likely to ever happen.

 

There's a whole lot of play around the outer seal. And rattling inside there. Is is possible to replace the the bearing inside the axle assembly. I've never messed with a 4wd until recently cause of where I live. I'll take any advice on a diagnoses

 

Well, a whole lot could mean many things.
A brand new truck has play in the axle at the seal.
And if one didn't know any better they'd say it was a lot.

Here is a link with a few videos.
Mine is in post #5

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/too-much-play-in-cv-axle.732825/

But to answer oy question, yes you can replace the bearing with it int the differential.