Brian and I have been going back and forth on IG, but I figure I'd post here as well.
I had previous tried to test fit Jeff's (
@DP_Tundra) driveline with the Bruno mount on my truck when he was having vibration issues (I had already bought the Bruno mount as well, just hadn't installed it). We couldn't get it to line up on my truck, so we swapped my driveline with a Spicer bearing into his truck and the vibration went away. Even with that, we thought that his issues may have come from an unbalanced driveshaft as prior to the Bruno mount he would blow carrier bearings every trip. I think he ultimately went back to a Spicer.
Fast forward to my installation. My Bruno mount didn't want to line up and I had to impact the bolts in as I couldn't even get them started by hand. I was being lazy, but figured I was going to have to cut the stock welded nuts off and go with a thru-bolt, so might as well try the lazy method first. It worked fine and I have ran it without any failures. While it was louder than stock, it wasn't intrusive.
I put the truck down to cage it and found that the carrier bearing mount was bent rearward about 0.75". I had ran the truck with the driveline prior to the Bruno mount for 5 years without issue, so I figured it was something with the bearing. I straightened the mount and gusseted it. After I got the truck back together with the gusseted mount and Bruno bearing, the noise and vibration increased exponentially - Jeff's truck is also caged and his stock mount is also gusseted, for what it's worth.
At this point the carrier bearing is far less tolerable than the clicking bypasses through the cage. I basically need headsets to talk to passengers while driving on the street. I will likely source another option or possibly go back to the Spicer.
Upon some research when chatting with Brian, I found this thread:
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/carrier-bearing…-alternatives-and-solutions.419706/
I remember someone on DR posting a similar looking yellow bearing. Since Toyota is awesome and likes to have similar parts for all its trucks, I figure the Tacoma / Ranger bearing may work. It's worth some further research.