You know that feeling when you realize you screwed something up real bad...
For the first time since getting the brackets welded on and the tubes welded to the diff, I tried to load up the axles. Passenger side slid right in, Drivers side slid right in and then stopped about an inch short. fearing the axle tubes were bent. The guy who welded it up for me brought over a pipe with pucks to check the straightness and it was straight as an arrow. Tried inserting the shafts directly into the carrier and they slide right in. reassembled and no go. Tried sliding the short shaft into that end and it stopped short. Figured it out yet? The bearing was wrong. I slide a new bearing on and it slide right to where it should. Pulled old bearing out numberous pieces, seated new bearing in and the shaft slide in far enough to put the c-clip on. That was the best case scenario. Looked at the bearing boxes, national bearing, one said 6408, the other 6408 PT. Will be looking that up later.