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With the new toy. -Kyle

No inconvenience here, def worth asking about. I think your case is a little unique, so it may have thrown a few of us off. But as MY1PATH mentioned, the ring thickness is just to account for minor deviations. The FSM does provide instructions on what to measure and how to pick the size, I’m pretty sure. But again, that applies to the ring inside the wheel hub. The part that pulled out on yours probably just uses a single size of ring, and the thickness of it probably isn’t relevant. Still, a new CV renders that discussion moot.

Probably the easiest, hassle free choice. While it may be repairable a new axle assembly will pop in fairly easily and quickly solving your problem all together. Afterwards by all means take apart the damaged axle and diagnose the problem, fix and keep it as a spare since both driver and passenger sides use the same part. Ive never seen an axle cleanly come apart at the joint like that. They tend to fail at the joint itself and have significant damage as a result so it would be beneficial for everyone to see what happened here.

I was well aware there was various thicknesses that had to be specific vehicle. All he said was order from nissan, not, how to know before disassembly which to order. And again i looked at the FSM, doesn’t specifice which thickness is needed that i saw. I assumed the best way to know is to measure after dissassembly but before that i am unsure. Sorry if that troubles you also seeing as mine wasn’t installed correctly it may not even have the old snap ring in to begin with so besides guess and check i was unsure how to know the specific one to use, unless as i asked it would be tied to the vin.

Beauty combo! I've always been curious about your username, is there a Ferrari hiding in that garage?

Based on the image you provided the splined portion of the axle shaft has completely come apart from the flexible joint, which also has a splined portion that remains in the hub, presumably with the outer snap ring in tact. You need open the hub, remove the outer snap ring then remove the flexible joint of the CV axle thats still attached to the back side of the hub. At that point you can assess if the inner snap ring has broken or there is any other damage which resulted in the CV axle coming apart.

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