Unsolved is relative to my world. Until it makes sense in my pea brain, it is unsolved. However, it is solved now.

Thanks for all the help. I was unaware of the graphs posted here and when I went back to look for them I realized I had a preliminary datasheet for the 1827 that did not have them. I didn't even think to account for the internal resistance of the PIC when trying to understand why it wouldn't work.

Thanks for the catch on the diode Bruce. Thankfully the board was designed for a previously discontinued relay and a 1N4007 is installed for each of the relays. For some reason when I changed to the current relay I thought they had a diode installed. Luckily I never removed the clamping diode from the assembly instructions so they kept getting installed.

Thanks again for everybody's help.

Also, it does work as a low side driver.