Do you have the knuckles tightened down? When you do that, you squeeze the ball and there's not as much room for the birf to wiggle around when you're trying to get it in. I had that problem and I thought my 2nd housing was bent. Loosened it up and the birf with right in.

Steve
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'93 4Runner V6 4x4 auto tranny
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