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:biggrin:Yes!!! iI did exactly the same thing and it worked good, I was able to keep the cap on and still had about 1/4" clearance, great job!!.

Getz: the locking ring that I am talking about is the one inside the diff not the snap ring at the end of the axle shaft, at the end of the shaft i grind material out and left just enough material to install the snap ring, wish I took pictures but I was in a hurry so i didn't take any.

Hi there ,getz , I have been looking for that left axle and I have not been lucky enough to find one , every thing is a special order so i decided to try something else , I took the left axle from the '86 300zx turbo ,took it apart and I grind almost 1/4" from the tip of the axle , than this morning I whent to te shop and installed the axle and it looked like it would not fit (still too long) but , I compress the suspenssion again and I was able to install and remove the axles with no problem , ones again I did not have the lock ring installed in the diff , and I have about 1/4" of movement ones every thing is bolted on , I am not going to install the loccking ring on this side because I want to have some clearance beetween diff and companion flanges ,1/4" clearence will be good and it will not put any pressure an the diff. hope this helps.....

Here are some pics of my set up

Hi there it's me again , today I whent to the shop where the car is at and , notice that the axles dont go in all the way ,mines look just like yours in the picture you posted , than i did this ,took the left axle and installed it in the right side , I know that the spline side is shorter than the right side but it was just to test it , than I compress the suspension using a trans jack and notice that i had just about 3/8" of side to side movement and the spline side ofcorse does not sit all the way in to the end of diff (the quafe has a stop at the middle of the diff wich will not let you go in too far) but just whanted ti see it , knowing this I removed the left axle and try it in the left side and I notice that with the suspenssion hanging the axle feels like is binding and it does not move in or out , but ones I compressed the susp i had again about 1/4" of clearance , so I installed the lock ring in the diff and the left axle with the cage fliped in the left side and now I am going to find me another left axle and replace the spline side with the right side one and I know is going to work fine , now if any body has a spare left axle I will buy it from you. HERE IS MY COMBINATION : 1971 240Z EIBACK LOWER SPRINGS ,TOKIKO ADJUSTABLES INSERTS ,1986 300ZX TURBO R200 DIFF , QUAFE LSD, AXLES FRON SAME VEHICLE 86 300ZX T,MMS STUB AXLES AND FLANGES , ADJUSTABLE CONTRL ARMS. I HOPE THIS HELPS TO SOME ONE THE SAME WAY IT HELPED ME.

I agree with you , I've spend so much money on the diff contrl arms axles etc ,I dont want to ruin them. I found a place that will make a set ,stronger and shorter for $250 a piece , I think thi will be my last $500 spend on this upgrade. I hope so!!!

I am going back to the shop and double check the legnth of the shafts , getz : my axles fit axactly the same way in the diff ,my question is ,what if i grind the spline end just about the amount that is sticking out ? do you think this will fix the problem, I dont want to ruin the axles .

the axles are sitting all the way in , i didn't install the lock rings in the diff I have the quafe diff? would this maybe why I have this problem.

I did pulled the axles from a donor car an '86 300zx turbo , i was able to bolt on the left side (drivers side) onto the MMS flange but when i compress the strut all the way is hard to turn the wheel and i have no play in the axle none at all , I shoul have some ,at least 1/4" or so and the other side yes i measured and i am about 3/4" past the axle flange , I was going to use the left on the right side changing the end that goes in the diff to keep them as left and right at the diff and since the left is shorter than the right side and grinding the end it might work on the right side and knowing this ,just get another right side, flip the cage , grind the end and see if it works ,what do you think?.

Hi there ,I have a '71 240z and I swaped the r180 for the R200 out of an '86 300zx turbo and bought the cv adapters and the stub axles from MMS and I run into the same problem , the axles are too long , I already fliped the cages on the axles and still too long abouth 1" in both sides ,I called many different places that are dedicated to deal with axles and no luck with this , I compressed the suspension and still too long , I have installed te adjustable control arms and still they are too long , so I am going to get a set made , hopefully this will be the end of the build.

do you have any mounts left? is so please lat us know

Do you have any left ,and if you do , what is the fastest you can ship it? I will pay for shipping. thanks.