Clunking

You can press the joints in and out of of the drive line with a ball joint pressure.I have used that method before you can rent a ball joint Press at auto zone.

See my last answer and super awesome high quality pics I made in this one!

https://www.2carpros.com/questions/1996-ford-ranger-96-weird-crackling-sound-30mph

I sorta don't see the need to re-balance the driveshaft, unless you are gonna race that puppy!

Let us know when you are good to go!

The Medic

I always mark how everything was lined up before I took it apart?

SAT-TEC

Good thing you are on here, I always get carried away assuming the other guy does what I do, keeping things straight, inspecting, and cleaning, I reckon that too is part of the fix.

I have a 'nuther couple of how to put parts back into their original positions.

The Medic