My rear passenger side axle bearing went on my 72 1200. It's the 62mm OD one, not the more common 72mm. I ordered the bearing from Nissan, but when it arrived, it turned out to be the larger one. Unfortunately, and stupidly, I cut the old bearing off before receiving this bogus bearing. And now Nissan is telling me the bearing has been discontinued from Japan! I'm hooped!

I've phoned around town, and no one in the Datsun circle has the bearing, or even a spare axle with bearing on it. These cars are getting extremely rare here in Canada. So my only option seems to be to buy a whole b210 rear end and swap out the old 1200 one. I've been told I'll have to shorten my propeller shaft, perhaps even weld the rear u-joint from the b210 on, and also fab lower shock mounts.

Any suggestions or tips before I go down this path?