well you said to open a new topic so i did ede anyways....once again thanks for all the help, i still have yet to get the new bearings on the new carrier but i do believe i have aquired enough info to do this SEMI smoothly...who knows....but thanks for the help ede and tko...hopefully someone else has been reading along and has learned as much as i have. itl save someone else ALOT of unanswered questions they may have to ask