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Been a while, but as I recall you can reverse that shaft so the slop is in four wheel drive and it’s tight in 2wd. Of course you’ll have to tear down the whole case to do that, but looks like you’re doing everything right anyway, so no problem.

As stated above, Torque King is a great resource for these old 4x4’s. Also, many out there are ditching 221’s due to the misguided opinion that they are “obsolete “, so lots of used parts and even whole cases out there for reasonable prices. Take advantage of that while you can! (IMO everything about these trucks are obsolete, that’s their charm, if you don’t like it, go dump $100 grand at a dealer)

Anyway, sorry for the rant, but there is lots of good info on this forum about rebuilding these cases, and yes, all the parts are out there, you just have to dig a little, which is half the fun.

Been following your build and am very impressed. Keep up the good work
Tom