You can get an input shaft for around $100 from quad 4x4.

 

An np231 or np241 that has the correct spline input shaft.

 

Thanks for the help now aware if I don't have the one I that was bolted to it but the model that they come out with I have to change shafts dodge thing I quess well I'll be .My Chevy parked somewhere is laughing at me

 

Both of them SHOULD work. Dodge used both behind the 46RE over the years, half ton trucks got the 231, heavier trucks get the 241. There are HD, and LD versions of each, but, the only difference between them is the width of the chain. Something else has to be going on there for why the t-case won't go on all the way.

 

I just got done unboltingit to pull it out what's happening is the transfer is going on then is runs out of shaft it hits on the little shoulder after spines on tranny shaft spines the 42 is long tail and shaft is almost if not flush on the end with tail and the 46sticks out about a half inch from it's tail of tranny

 

The 46
I just got done unboltingit to pull it out what's happening is the transfer is going on then is runs out of shaft it hits on the little shoulder after spines on tranny shaft spines the 42 is long tail and shaft is almost if not flush on the end with tail and the 46sticks out about a half inch from it's tail of tranny

 

Were your t-cases from manual trucks by any chance? Do you still have your original t-case?

 

Came out an auto and I still have the one that was on the 42 I pulled off it and can I us the torque converter out of the 46 in the 42 about ready to give up on this there's nothing in the way on tail end of tranny tried both t case's they both stop half Inch from mating bottoms out on the shoulder at end of my spines on shaft on the 42 the shaft is flush with tail end on 46 comes out about that half inch I am short of going all the way in

 

Wonder if you need to change the input hub on the t-case? Could you go to the junkyard, and see if there is a difference between the t-cases you have, and those that came off a 46?

 

Yea not a bad idea won't hurt everyone says it should bolt right on I even unbolted the tranny and tried putting them together on the floor still can't figure out crap other than tail end shaft a 1/2inch to long and it shouldn't be frustrated truck only transportation I have for my two girls and I been down dealing with this for over a week missed work days it's a mess thing I better try to fix 42 if possible signal father with a blown budget