Ditto,

 I've done as Doomsday suggested and it works, but it causes other issues that I'll not get into right now. Until I learn the 2.5 way of rigging, it will do however.

 Thinking about it, I need to re-learn how to rig an armature in 2.5 WITHOUT using Bone Heat, and WITHOUT using Weight Paint. I understand it's not suggested, but I work best when I can select the verts and asseign them to a certain bone. I have a robotic spider to rig, and weight paint will not get into all of the corners no matter how hard I try. :(