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Sounds like you had a great time ! I really wish I could have been there ! I even missed out on the rally out here in Winlock ! This is the third straight year now I've tried to get down there but couldn't !!!

Now that's a bummer !

Buy the factory "brace" rod. "gmpartsgiant.com" has them for $33.00 . Part #14020856 .

What I have done in the past is bought the 'U'-bolts with 12 point nuts and drilled out the yokes. I cannot remember right now who I bought the bolts from, but they where special hardened bolts with nuts. If you use a drill press and drill from the back side of the yoke it works real well.

Also check for bad 'U'-joints. They can cause such severe vibrations that the housing can break. I've seen this happen several times.

Just like Doghead mentioned the transmissions cracking, I've also seen the aluminum housing of the NP208 crack. This can happen from many causes, like the chain going bad to twisting the frame severely. Take the transfer-case off and clean everything. After you fully inspect everything then you...

Picture 1 shows my "Motor" manuals going back to 1942. I have all the general vehicle manuals to 2010. Pictures 2,3 and 4 show my complete "Motor" Transmission manual collection. I also have about 20 of the Truck manuals and 30 Import repair manuals. This is just 1/4 of my shop manuals I own.

I'm totally aware of what the manuals say. They never changed them from the 1984 manual. How do I know this? I have all the Factory shop manuals from the 1970's to 2006. So since they didn't want to be bothered by changing it they just keep reprinting the same section over and over again...

The NP205 is suppose to have gear oil period. The only NP205 that used ATF was the "Shift on the Fly" one that had a synchro shift on the front output shaft (1984 to 1986) . They where so bad and caused so much trouble that GM dropped them like a hot potato ! It was GM's idea in the first place...