Needle bearing catastrophic failure?

Simple question. Has anyone heard of there being a catastrophic failure of the front differential needle bearing in the Second gen Toyota Tacoma. I looked through the vibe thread and couldn't find anything. I'll admit though I wasn't up to looking at all 185 pages...... I'm going to be doing the ECGS bushing fix next weekend and was just curious about how serious of a problem it is. I have yet to hear anything about a damaged diff or even a cv. The vibes and sound are annoying as all hell though.

 

Yes, not necessarily a Tacoma, but solid roller lifters love to come apart(they use needle bearings) and destroy big block and small block chevys

 

I think he's specifically refering to the needle bearing used in the Tacoma front diff arrangement

 

I wasn't being specific enough thanks OZ-T. Post edited.

 

I am sure its happened, but remember they really only have load on them when your in 4wd. What 75 z28 says is true I have a 1998 corvette and the roller rocker arms failing is common...happy 4th

 

I appreciate your comment, but unfortunately that is a completely different vehicle and manufacturer. For as many people who have changed out the differential needle bearing, I'm surprised that nobody has a horror story yet. Specific to the second gen Tacoma of course. Post edited again to be even more specific.

 

Is it lifted

 

My bearing had the hum for about 12K miles after my lift. When I had the bushing put in, my mech showed me the needle bearing and it looked brand new.

 

This guy's was blown up when he changed it
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/cv-axle-replacement-express-method.266309/page-4#post-8048302

 

Lifted and non lifted trucks develop this problem.

 

His blew up from him beating the living crap out of it.

 

Still nothing? I'm beginning to think this is just an annoyance rather than a necessary fix.

 

While not 'catastophic', what you state in your OP would qualify replacing the needle bearing as necessary in my book.

 

That's why I'm doin it.