Here is a shot of the forward shoe. There was a bit of axle oil in the bottom of the backing plate and there is a couple thousandth of up/down play in the axle. I don't know of that constitutes a bad bearing though. It's an 8.75" and this is the side with the adjuster on it. I had it replaced not too long ago too.

And yeah, now that it's mentioned, there is a retainer missing from the top.

I don't think I'm going to make that show tomorrow.