Nice fix, Phil.

BTW, he clarified that salt wasn't involved, but was just complaining about pricing. That wear on your axle shaft is typical for them.
I was looking at differences between '40s & '50's car and truck axles and I think I saw that the car axles used an inner race sleeve on them. Strange that the trucks didn't also use a replaceable sleeve. I have a pair of axles from a '72 K10 that I owned years ago that have the same issues. Why I saved them is unknown.

Maybe it's just because I'm a packrat, coming from a long line of packrats.