The problem was a coupling at the front of the rear output shaft that connects it to the front output shaft which is driven by the bevel gear. The front of the coupling is splined to connect to the front shaft but the rear of the coupling is apparently only press fit onto the rear shaft and it was spinning freely and floating forward off the shaft. Seriously Suzuki, how hard would it have been to spline the rear or at least key it? I removed it, cleaned it up in the lathe, pressed it back on, and welded the $@&ker. Why buy a $170 shaft so it can fail again. The real work was in taking everything apart to get to the shaft. I see why the dealer wants $2000+ for this job but mine is fixed for $40 worth of gaskets for reassembly. If anyone has similar problems and wants advice, feel free to e-mail me and I'll walk you through the repair. I'll even clean up your shaft and weld it for you if needed because I know how bad I felt when my $7500 machine took a crap. I don't drive it hard at all so if I had this problem, either I bought a lemon or other people will have the same problem.