[Old_iron]

Originally Posted by El Dorado Jim

try turning the shaft around, slip yoke towards differential, may help, or you may have to go with the cv joint style , that shaft looks bigger in diameter compared to most ive seen on the front

Bingo. I flipped it around the right way. It turned freely until I just finished snuggling up the u joints. Then it just so slightly bound, at the transfer case yoke. I think if I grind just a little off here that will fix it. Any reason not to do that?