Door side slide broken!

[rverdlm]

Our door side slide on our '05 38RL3 made a popping noise when it started to go out and then the front end (by the door) was about 2" from completely out. It seemed that the pinion gear on the rear (by the hydroulic ram) had jumped a couple of teeth. I've taken it apart and found that the brass bearings that carry the pinion gear shaft are completely gone. This allowed the pinion gear to drop away from the rack and jump a couple (several) teeth. My question is has anyone else had this happen? If so did you then replace all the bearings or just the failed one? Any help will be appreciated!