Once i opened it up definitly could tell that i needed to do something. the grease was as black as you can get.

I was expecting to have all the components to be worn out and not to be usable. but as i pulled them out one by one. they all seemed to be fine. which was really weird. no bearing wear. my fork was fine. everything was in good shape.
i believe that the reason it wasnt working before was that the grease was so old that it wasnt doing its job. but i put in all the new parts anyways. new seals. new bearings. the awd sleeve. everything.
i feel that if i had just taken it apart and cleaned it out and put new grease into it that it would have worked fine. instead of spending close to 140 dollars i would have just spent the 9 dollars on grease.
just a word of advice for people that run into thinking their disco is bad. take it apart before you go spending money.