Well between scarce days off and un ending rain here in Virginia, it took a while to get back under my Nissan.
As I had my thumb over one of the u-joint end caps of the Front driveshaft I flexed the shaft very vigorously.
I felt a very small amount of movement, repeating several times to confirm I actually could feel it.
When I got the shaft out from under the truck and pulled the u-joints out,, the front one had 2 caps with zero needle
bearings, nothing!
I thank you guys for your thoughts and expertise. she's a runnin' good again. 307k miles