Address book sync issues

Hi,
I just added a new group within my MAC (10.4.10) Address Book (4.0.5)
and when trying to sync it with my iPhone (1.0.2) , iTunes (7.3.2) always
shows only the old groups - not the new one.
Here is what I did so far to try to make it work:
- Reset Sync History in iSync
- Deleted all the groups in Address Book and created new ones (different names)
- Power-off iPhone and MAC and rebooted both
- Plug-in iPhone, but iTunes still got the 'old' groups
Any idea how to fix this issue - meaning 're-initialize' iTunes on what to sync?
Rather than doing a factory reset of my iPhone just to see that iTunes still does
not check my Address book for changes etc. I thought I give this forum a try.
Not sure if I screwed anything up when I removed all the files in my ~/Library/
Application Support/SyncServices/Local/clientdata/... folders that contained a
clientname.txt file with "Markspace" in it to finally clean up my "Missing Sync"
removal.
Thanks in advance for any help!
Joerg

OK,
just got back after talking to a 'guru' ay my local Apple store.
He also 'factory reset' my iPhone and it then perfectly synced with his
AddressBook, so we know the phone is fine - what a surprise
His assumption was that I have a corrupted AddressBook preference
file and recommended to erase it, reboot my system and everything
should be OK.
Well, it isn't. I did what he told me and also used the DiskRepair Utility
to fix my disk permissions (that had 'ton's of errors with something
Address Book related issues, but still no solution. The thing just will
not sync. As soon as I plug in my iPhone, iTunes shows my old Contact
groups that I removed yesterday.
Anybody any idea???? I am thinking about completely removing my
Address Book , but how do I re-install it from the original CD without
having to do a complete system re-install?
Thanks for any help!

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