O.K.... thanks for the input fellas.... well, I guess I will try and find a new shaft and give it one more shot!!!!
Are these input shafts from a forging??? I would think so and I did look closely at the shaft and there may have been some porosity issues at the break point. You can't see it too well from my picture because my flash overpowered the shot but it looks like something is there right at the break..... when I get back home I will try and take a better pic.... also fwiw my trans mount was pretty much shot which was allowing some movement and I wonder if that may have been a factor here??? TBF