Originally Posted by tessellahedron

So that's what I need to determine before I can resolve this issue, but in the meantime I'm considering options.

1) put it back together as is and stay within walking distance of home.

2) un-sieze the cones and nuts somehow then move them all a couple mm to the left. That means a cone will cover the break in the axle (add jb weld too?). Use washers or grind the right side shorter with my dremel tool (no hacksaw), and hope for the best on the left side with reduced dropout contact. The dropouts are 4mm thick and the axle was flush so I'm hoping I could get 2mm there.

Would you ride on the highway like that? .