ID the broken pieces in the Differential?

[Kermit]

Charlie or anyone else for that matter, can you Identify these five pieces that I found in the differential of a 2000 Dodge Dakota? I am getting a intermittent grinding noise and I'm sure this has something to do with that. :sad: I'm kind of surprised that it is not a constant grinding!!
Took them out and I still have the noise. I also noticed that the pinion gear did have a small chip off of one tooth. That will have to be replaced along with what ever else I find once I take this all apart.

First time doing a Diff. :uhm: It's good to learn something new, right? :clap:

The three cylindrical pieces all have threads going about half way up and then the rest is smooth. The other two pieces looks like it used to be a square at one time and broke in half.
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[GT Drew]

The two lower pieces look to be part of the cage of a tapered roller bearing. Either pinion of diff carrier. The pieces of broker bolts, I hope they are not from the ring gear.
Have you thought about just buying a whole used rear end. It will cost less in the long run.

[Kermit]

I see that there might be another dakota at the local Pick-and -pull to maybe get a used rear end. I kind of want to do some work on it and learn.
Guess I need to pull it apart first to see what I have going on.