8.75

I just had one cut down to 52 5/8" end to end. Stock housing ends and My nitro axles with green bearings are not even close to fitting but they fit my stock A body 8.75. Who has any ideas. Tried it with my 3.91 sure grip center and a 3.55 open diff center. Both the same. Top photo is how axles sit in my cut down housing.

Bottom is how stock axles fit in a C body housing

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