Drive Shaft Arm & Manual Hub - clanking noise

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Bought this van about a year ago..I've had a bad clanking noise coming from front suspension for about a month now. Every time I go over any bump or crack in road. I first thought it was ball joints need replacing. I got underneath and poked around a bit and noticed the drive shaft arm had a ton of play, and moved in and out of the wheel on drivers side, making the same noise I've been hearing. Passenger side has a little bit of play but not as nearly as much. I opened up and removed the manual hubs and can tell there is definitely something wrong with drivers side. I don't know exactly what's going on, this is my first go at digging into the hubs/wheel/drive arm...

I found this post...http://www.toyotavantech.com/forum/s...highlight=Warn , and I think I may be missing a spacer and clip on drivers side. I'm wondering if this is all I need to add to lock in the arm into the wheel? I'm worried that I let this go too long and hoping it didn't cause any damage to anything else....

I tried attaching a few pictures as I was taking hubs off. Any guidance given to doing this repair is much appreciated. I some what understood the info given in the thread linked above, but I'm kind of stuck where I'm at and not sure what to inspect/check or what to replace from here....

Thanks for helpin a newb!

0201041428.jpgdrivers side after hub removal.

0201041434.jpgDrivers side. Not sure what kind of grease was used, looks like spark plug anti-seize type grease. Still some teeth left when grease scraped away at red arrow.. Wondering if there's enough metal there to engage and drive 4wd, or if this will need replacing?

0201041449a.jpgPassenger side after hub removal. Looks ok. Only a tiny bit of play on this side. But no grease.....


0201041456a.jpgbackside of hubs. driver on left, passenger on right. A lot of foreign fiber-ish contaminent in driver side hub. And obviuosly a different type of grease has been used.




Thanks again...