I'm not hearing an emphatic NO, so its going back in. If it pops or makes bad noises i'll know what to fix. There is kind of a cut out on the diff output flange to make removal and installation of the shaft a little easier if you line the cut out up at 5 o'clock. I don't remember reading about that.

I am using the Genuine Toyota boot kit Part #04438-35022. Its both boots, 4 clamps, snap ring and 2 kinds of grease. The brownish grease goes in the inner joint, the black stuff goes in the outer joint.

I learned everything I needed to know about this job on this website. The info available here saved me $200 in labor. (Just called Firestone and got a quote for fun.) Their explanation was quite funny actually. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="images/icons/wink.gif" /> Thanks to everyone for having all of this info just a click away. <img border="0" alt="[Hillbilly]" title="" src="graemlins/notooth.gif" />