Originally Posted by halfbiked
Is there a reason you don't want to just cut once? I don't know the details of axles, so have to ask. But if it were me and I could suffer through one hacksaw cut or two, I'd see if I could limit myself to one.
Yes, there is reason. The axel is not threaded all the way. Only the ends are threaded and the middle of the axle is not. That being said, the unthreaded section is not very wide and you probably could just make the cut on one end and it would work just fine. The nice thing about doing it yourself is you can take your time and be as fussy as you want.