ok bill. awesome! thank you very much for your patience. so we have the axles worked out and i appreciate the advice. sorry again about the model confusion apparently that is a big issue to some people. ok well there arent too many more questions i can ask while i am still over here. do i need a new transfer case or will the original work? and what is a good manual tranny with a decent overdrive to improve mileage some? thanks again for the knowledge. i am learning a ton and it is great to have this resource.