HAHA! wow how frustrating.
I think I'll jsut call hughes and get it from them with the spacer.
From experience their customer service is great.
Maybe I'll just run the electric pump, get the geardrive and have hughes square me away. I love geardrives. Never had one on a mopar though because the milodon is a silent, and it's 400ish bucks which turned me off.
Doesnt even seem as durable as the cat although i'm sure it is.
Thanks for all the legwork man, this is all valuable info.