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Originally Posted by Bruce_MO
A couple thoughts... Maybe cut the majority off with a torch, and just do clean-up grinding. Or take them to a local welder and let them cut off the excess. They'll probably be good enough with a torch that you'll have just a little grinding to do (definitely true for me that I'd do a %$%##^-y job!). I find folks like that are sympathetic to restorers and don't charge much for their services. And I would assume there's a decent amount of grease and flammable gunk in the housings that you'll have some flames and a ton of stinky smoke!
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Thanks for the suggestions! My current situation is that the axle is intact but out of the car and I have no means of hauling it 20 miles to a welding shop. One concern is that anything that generates enough heat to cause the oil smoking might result in distortion of the axle tube alignment. I recall that Brent Terry has commented on here about finding axles tubes that were no longer "square" to the frame due to abuse.