In an odd turn of events, the Corvette breaking was double good luck.

"Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies" (jordanwphillips) 07/25/2020 at 13:35 • Filed to: None

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Not only did it avoid getting crashed, the fix was popping off the axle nuts and greasing the splines. That was a win I needed.

Discerning > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 07/25/2020 at 17:54

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How GM managed to design the car with the whole axle nut issue and then to repeat it with the C6 AND C7 is beyond me. When I started seeing the threads pop up in the C7 section of Corvetteforum, I was pretty blown away.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Discerning 07/25/2020 at 18:33

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Oh, these weren’t loose at all. The spindle itself can get rusty, and it binds I guess. I took the passenger side off and sprayed the spindle down with grease, and torqued the nut back down. I couldn’t get the driver's side off, so I just made sure it was torqued to at least 120, then left it alone. 

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 07/25/2020 at 19:17

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Is it possible that the driver’s side has left-hand threads?

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 07/25/2020 at 19:22

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...Since they are interchangeable with the other side, maybe?