Mikes Picture is of the Ford Explorer axle modification article he wrote up for ZukiWorld a couple of years ago. not his Maxima axles. Yes I agree also that it does look similar. All the CV axle pictures posted here look like axles that fit a sidekick/tracker. Wait they do all fit the Sidekick/Tracker!
Can we move on now and talk about drivetrain engineering?
Ops.........wrong again. This should be quite entertaining for Mr. Hagen ( and his friends that he pointed out in an earlier post, that he has on this BBS) to veiw my ineptness to be able to read and decipher the article that he provided the link to!*
Anyway enough of the humor (remember * denotes humorous ramblings), The TORA TORA axles are using components that are machined, keyed, mated, welded and then heat treated. A bit different than chop sawing and mig welding of components together.
Not that there is anything wrong with that! *(humor notation)