Originally Posted by
cny-bikeman
given that the sum of his measurements is 127.5 I suspect this is a spindle that has a stud on the end and a nut that fit on that, and that he measured that portion as well, which is incorrect.
Not necessarily. There are nutted-type spindles with 127.5mm overall length, excluding the threaded portion:
Source: Sutherland's 4th Edition