Unsavoury Discovery

[Ganmain Tony]

Made this discovery on the right hand rear axle a couple of weekends ago. Very upsetting.

All the studs were quite OK when I put them in during the restoration. Had all the right washers and nuts.

I havent checked the wheel bearings for play yet but I intend to and will post result of findings.

I have since drilled out the broken studs and replaced them with ones from a Studebaker rear axle. Exactly the same threads just the Stude ones where slightly longer on the nut thread.

This side had a slightly twisted axle and I replaced it with one from Max's which was and still is in perfect order.

Anyone had a problem like this before??