Toyota Repair: Rav4 pilot shaft removal/replacement

Question
Ted, I recently went through the motor in my 97 2-door 4WD Rav4. As part of the engine removal I removed the rear drive shaft/aka pilot shaft. I'm uncertain if I reinstalled it correctly and the shop manual is unclear.

I was under the car recently and noticed the portion of the shaft in front of the center support is not in-line with the portion behind the support suggesting the center support is shifted to one side. I don't recall the ability to move the support side-to-side however. The shop manual discusses some measurements of certain portions of the shaft when the axle is unweighted which I assume means the car is jacked up so the rear tires are off the floor and the rear suspension is hanging loose with the shocks fully extended. Again, not clear. The manual also states that before decoupling the shaft from the redifferential that I needed to mark the mating parts so they could be mated the same way when I reinstalled the shaft. I failed to mark the mating parts and am now wondering how to recover from this mistake.

The bottom line question is what is the proper procedure for installing  the rear drive shaft in my Rav4?

Answer
hello, the center driveshaft support bearing is moveable a small amount due to the slots in the mounting bracket, maybe 1/2"side to side, if you didn't separate the two drivehafts there is no problem except that if not marked before removing at the rear differential flange there may be a slight chance of a vibration at higher speeds. don't overcomplicate this.