i have the large hollow shaft. no there wasnt any grooves for clips or anything. absolutely nothing in there. my tsm says the 10 series with 3.78, or 3.31 gears have the hollow shaft. say nothing about a bearing. the 10 series with 4.41, or 4.10 have the solid shaft. the 80 series has a combination hollow/solid shaft with a bearing on automatics. standards and od have solid shaft. i still have not found out what axle for sure i have. does anyone know a for sure, visible way to id this axle? it is driving me NUTS. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ AMC-List mailing list AMC-List@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list or go to http://www.amc-list.com