Yup, I agree, a little bit here, a little bit there can throw things out a lot
Yup, I totally know how its error prone, but Im not going to take apart a perfectly good diff just to find out what ratio it is for sure when its not absolutely necessary, and unfortunately, unless someone can tell me another way of finding out an aprox ratio, thats all I can do. I'm sure we all can agree that the 8 3/4 would be much more user friendly if it only had a cover on the outside like the other Mopar diffs. Dunno why Ma Mopar did that, Im sure theres some technical reason that I dont know about.
The program is rock solid. The program is sound.
And thats why Im going to rely on @Dan Brewer 's expertise :)