Had the axle situation well in hand until I got the grime off of my EB d44 and discovered a fine group of boogar welds holding the axle housing together.  Back to the drawing board.  Found a complete 8.8, discs and all along with a ford fullsize d44 that has been shortened.   Back to the same issue with mismatched bolt patterns.  Can you get shafts for the 8.8 with a 5 on 5.5 bolt pattern?