No bull*****, I broke the rear axle of my Level hub this past weekend. Well, I'm not sure when it broke, but I discovered it this weekend... Was switching my gearing up by a tooth, and when I had the wheel out of the bike to switch the cog I noticed that the axle end seemed loose. Pulled the extra long axle fixing bolt out, and found that the axle had broken the entire way around. The only thing holding it together was the extra long bolt, and the fact that the axle was threaded the entire way through. I have no idea how long it has been busted, or how it happened. Just that it's now broken, I've never crashed that bike, and the hub has only been in service since February.

Waiting on word from Level on a new axle. I suspect it won't be a problem, but figured I'd report my findings. I've gained a lot of info from this board over the past two years of lurking, might as well contribute sometimes.

-brad