Finished putting the transaxle back together today, input shaft wasn't cooperating initially, after second guessing the placement of a shim I finally realized that I had installed the gear on the input shaft upside down, preventing it from seating properly in the bearing. Finally got case to bolt down tight without anything binding, installed axle seals and housings ,housing bearings, oil, and the shifter. I paid special attention to the assembly of the shifting forks and gears because of prior experience with a motorcycle, but you know it all works correctly except it seems that I have no reverse, one of the shifter forks is worn where the shifter fits into it but that doesn't seem to be causing the problem. Guess I will be crackin the case again to see what the he## that I did wrong. I didn't enjoy it too much today I hope that I can take a deep breath tomorrow and remember that, "the sun is warm and the grass is green". Any thoughts or comments from anyone would be appreciated. It also looks like I am going to have to use a helicoil on one of the axle housing bolts after all. I thought all of them that I drilled out were gonna be ok guess not, its pretty tight just afraid to torque it down to spec. .