mm88swrt

Ok question of the day! I'm halfway done with my 5lug swap. The fronts are being a pickle. I've got a dl 23 spline trans and as everyone knows xt6 is 25 spline. I've read that you can swap the inner cups and all that go with it from axle to axle. I tried this with no such luck. The diameter of the dl axle was smaller than the xt6, not by much though. I want to keep this trans in my rig because of the short gears it has. Really don't want to split the case to swap the stubs out. But as of right now its becoming to seem like the route I have to take. Got any suggestions?