Jimmy: Thanks for the thoughts. There usually is wiggle room to life, I just seem to have run out lately! But seriously, I had just encountered several threads on here with folks struggling to get different axles back on ("I can see the groove for the C-clip, but just can't push it in far enough to get the clip on", etc.). I just want to get this one done!

The other concern I had was finding a differential with the original spacers still attached. My understanding so far is that spacers match the differential, not the axle. In your reply above, you mention taking a measurement and then going to MB and buying the appropriate spacer. What were you measuring; an old spacer, a distance on the axle, or a distance in the differential? What you said makes perfect sense, I just want to make sure I'm understanding all of it.

Thanks. Ross.

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1982 300cd, 140k miles