finally decided its out of my rhelm of expertise/tools and took it to my guy - he is 75% sure its my front drive shaft and if its not that its prob something in the differential - he said if i find the drive shaft he will put it in for $60 which looks like its well worth it seeing as im pretty sure you need a special tool to compress the telescoping parts - i havent priced these yet seeing as i cannot find anyone that sells them... am i doomed?