(I got the pic also), yes, rather strange break. I�ve had an axle break at the groove for the circlip (sheared right off), but this one looks like a metalurgical failure (not a stress fracture, but one in the crystaline metal make up.). 

The ones I replaced todayt were much less interesting.

On May 26, 2014, at 5:17 PM, Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM> wrote:

> Geneva just sent me a pic.  Broke axle.  I ain�t never seen one before�  
> 
> Jim