Wrong axle length, green bearing fix?

Sportfury70 said

Honestly, I’m $600 into this rear and that includes a new sure grip. The entire install was plug and play and I had it done in a few hours of leisure wrenching, so not bad. Didn’t even have to shorten the driveshaft.

The axle length bit me in the a$$ though.

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Uh, the driveshaft length between an 8.25 and an 8 3/4 should be different by about 5/8". So either it was too short when it was with the 8.25" or it's too long now.

Remember that the transmission yoke should be pulled out about 1" from where it bottoms out in the transmission when the driveshaft is the proper length. That would mean that a proper length driveshaft for an 8.25" would physically fit in the car with an 8 3/4 rear, but the yoke would be too deep to have the proper amount of travel.