That's just the way it is with this car (and many of our cars I believe). Things just need to be loved on every now and again to make thing splay nice together. I'm learning to not get as uptight about it as I used to get, just take it in stride and fix it.
Both axles have a 3/8s" flange,
The difference in length is this spacer between the bearing and end of the axle.
I think I can make it work though, might have to love on some e-brake hardware a bit but shouldn't be a big deal. The big deal is holding the spacer ring in place while setting the retainer ring on the T bolts...
A little bit of this...
on here and a clamp...
and hopefully we are good to go. Glued it last night, will test it out before heading to work this morning. Wish me luck...