Nickel Plates slip yoke

[SnowDrift]

Hi there - new guy from Ohio, but not new to GM trucks.  I currently have a '95 K2500 6.5TD, '01 Sierra 2500HD 6.0L, '05 Suburban, '05 Tahoe (sacrificial anode).

 

I've had a link to this thread for long while, but haven't joined the forum until today to discuss this. 

I called our local dealer to get a price on the slip yoke I need for this issue - actually, mine doesn't make a noise, just feels like the drivetrain slumps off every time I go to move from a stop.  I greased it years ago when I was replacing the pinion seal and I think it went away, but it wasn't really all that bad, then.  Now it's worse and feels awful to drive, so I want to fix.  I called the local dealership and after running my VIN, they told me the yoke I needed was 89058878, but it's only $125, my cost.  Is there a chance it's not nickel plated?  The rest I've seen are approaching the $300 mark for the nickel plated OEM part.

[Colossus]

Boy that thread sure brings back memories.  The Slip Yoke clunk was the talk of the town around these parts for many months.  Same with cold start knock on the 5.3/4.8.