Half shaft questions

[mach158]

I have a 89 Chevy silverado 1500 with a 4" inch rancho suspension lift kit i beleive (bought it with it). Anyway the driver side halfshaft was broke and i bought it like that. Anyway i bought a used halfshaft from a guy and it was off his 94-96 chevy 2500 4wd truck but its about 1.5"-2" shorter then the on on my pass. side. Is it possible to use it or am i SOL? I am broke and need 4wd for winter or will the pass side tire still work? Also is it that that trucks halfshaft was shorter or do i need to buy a special halfshaft? Or what do i need here?

Anybody have a half shaft i need and wanna trade for a perfectly fine halfshaft that is alittle shorter?

Maybe someone has something I can use looking for something cheap as this isn't exactly the time of year where i got tons of money to spend and i blew it all on the halfshaft that don't work