so a little update, this last weekend i went up to my father inlaws shop to pull my rear end appart to see what all the fuss was about... then he hits me with the new that he didnt know where he put my old stock open diff... fml. well i went out to his parts shed with him and i found it sitting on a shelf(he simply over-looked it...), so now i had options. anyhow we pulled things apart and this is what we found...


yeah thats a bolt head MIA...

oh there it is...


and uh yeah there is not supposed to be that much of a gap their, all of the bolts that hold the housing came lose and pulled out...

back to this guy for a couple of months till i can get the new one and time to go back and put it in.

so apparently the bolts either pulled out the threads in the housing or just somehow backed out with the keeps still attached(highly unlikely)
anyhow yeah got my original open 3rd back in and everything ok(just lacking on traction, but its sure nice not to have my new tires being eatin up in parking lots...