Wheel swap '97 to '99 bike, axel size dif., Is it possible?

[muggenpwr]

Have a '99 XX, and pothole crunched the front wheel with crack.

Have been offered a 1997 front wheel (freebee) but the part numbers are different and I heard the axle size changed in 1999.

Is there a way I can still use the '97 front wheel?

Can I just go get a '97 axle and use it with the '97 wheel on the '99 bike?

Would the '97 axle fit the '99 forks? If not would a sleeve of somekind allow it to work?

Is there anyway around the differences, like modifying something?

[Northman]

You would need to replace the front forks as well as the axle & rotors.

Not worth the hassle, if you ask me.