tranny locked up toof it out and started to tear it down and I can't get the front of of it to come off. What am I missing?

 

Dude, yer in way over yer head - gots'ta pull the tailshaft housing, undo some bolts, clips, gears and stuff back there - the entire gear-train, incl the shift-rails and tailshaft, pulls outta the 150lb cast-iron case - should say, the trans is positioned vertically on the front bellhousing surface, then the gear-case is pulled up and off the gear-train - very complicated process, particularly with that 150lbs of cast-iron you'll need to lift and manipulate around the shift-rail bosses in the case - prolly best to head down to yer local trans shop, see if they have one apart, so you can see what is involved

 

got it apart now I was wondering if there is a kit for all the bearings or if I just need to find each one of them individually?

 

Yes there's a bearing kit for it. I have seen them on ebay. and quad 4x4 has them also. That bottom shaft (3-4 gears) takes 40 tons of pressure to disassemble. If your just doing bearings it won't have to come apart, but to get to the syncros it will.

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/DODGE...spagenameZWDVW

 

Doesn't take 40tons to remove the gear - can be done with a 5ton gear puller with extensions - the suggestion for a large-size press is because of the length of the shaft and the width across the bed, required to clear the gears.

Good job on getting it apart - it's not yer typical 'pop the cover and push the shafts out' type of job

 

Just got all the bearings for $109 from napa. Timken brand

 

It don't get better than Timken.