[jsinton]

Ok, well, turns out I had a problem with the cable not being properly seated into the pinion spindle. Apparently the moron who switched out the trans failed to get the cable back together properly. You are supposed to remove the pinion gear assembly before you try to remove the right side drive axle. Since the trans seal was leaking out the right side anyway, and I had to remove the axle to replace the seal. So I removed the pinion assembly to check the cable. After removing the entire cable and playing with it, I determined that it was difficult to get the cable properly seated back into the pinion assembly.