Wanted 8 3/4 axle shafts for A body with large bold pattern

Yukon makes replacement a-body width axles that are in large bolt pattern but they are only for green bearings. When I contacted Yukon about why tapered bearings couldn't be used they responded that their axles are a little shorter than the stock a-body axles so they are not long enough to make contact with the carrier to adjust the end play. If you narrowed a housing the same amount as the Yukon axles are narrower then you could theoretically use the tapered bearings. Seems like a lot of work though just to run tapered bearings unless you didn't have a housing and had to narrow one anyway. In 90% of the applications a "green" style bearing will be just fine.

Chuck