Excessive drive axle play on '97 Camaro

My '97 Camaro Z28 has an annoying play in the drive axles allowing the left disc to touch the caliper. I measured the play and it's about 1/4 inch on the left side and 1/8 on the right. I also removed the left drive axle to see if I could find the cause, but both the axle and the c-clip look fine. No apparent wear on either, so the problem must be somewhere else. What's the other part in the differential that keeps the drive axle in place? I never removed the gears since it wasn't covered in my manual, so I couldn't see how much wear there was there. Basically, is there a quick fix for this, like putting shims/washers inside of the c-clip, or does the whole differential need to be removed?

Thanks,

Ulf

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Okay, so it's no big deal then. Those gears are pretty deep so there's no risk it'll wear through, right? It might even be be possible to buy another c-clip and put two on that side, IIRC the groove in the shaft was pretty wide. Otherwise a trip to the hardware store and stack up on a few washers might be a good idea until next time I change the diff oil.

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