Your brother's wasn't even making near as much noise as mine was.  At least from my vantage point.  I was really surprised that the r&p was damaged.

I thought that at the right shop the gears could repaired, are you interested???
because I know the front is fine, and I,m sure he would like to sell the set, he
is collecting parts to do a SAS into the trucklet, and allready got the axles from
Gil up there in St. George

Wild

I posted in another thread... I'm having a hard time dialing in the Spartan in a '94 Sidekick rear end.
I'm using this locker as I was the guy in Moab at the ZW raffle that one the locker.
The pins are hug, but they are hollow to encase the springs...
Here's more info on my situation if interested:

http://www.zukiworld.com/forum/technical-discussion-performance-modify/spartan-locker/