Ok, started tearing everything off of my old bent driver side beam to swap it over to the new one. Found more carnage....The ears on the outer stub shaft have stretched/egged out and now the U joint cap spins in it. Only thing holding it in is the full circlips. Looks like I'm on the hunt for some new shafts again....my 'spare' set have the same issue, so the U joints got welded into them.
Also seams some water got into the bearings on that side back in August and the bearings are phucked on that side...the inner is seized to the spindle. So depending on the shape of the spindle when I get the bearing off...might need a new one of them as well.
If I can find the stuff for cheap/free I might just go with the D44 outer swap.