Originally Posted by
Pars
Whoever had used these had moved the NDS cone/locknut all the way over, and then put a backwards outer nut (the tapered one with the serrations) in backwards as the additional spacer on the freewheel side. No axle protruded from either side. Cool move. At least it was a) not me riding it that way and b), I won't need a new axle (unless this one is bent).
I'm too lazy to search for it now, but I think Sheldon Brown actually advocated this trick! He said as long as the QR is tight, you don't need any axle protruding into the dropouts.