Ah i believe i got it repaired. The front bearing was easy to replace and the rear nsk bearings had some grease left in them. If i do ever need to access the torque tube again i may replace it with a 2001-04 model with the c-clip. The rear carrier bearings for the torque tube i think are easily accessible with a nylon bushing and nut and the driveshaft is bigger 63mm with the 12mm bolts.

anyway to move this to the questions and answers forum