yea I was definitely lucky. could have been a lot worse. I actually didn't have time to research or do this repair and was getting the oil pan gasket changed at the same time so I ended up getting my indy to do it. he ordered it from somewhere where they extend the driveshaft somehow so the splines go further into the socket.

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