Weird thing is the bad bearing did still spin as well as spin on the axle bearing surface, at lease it did before i cut it.
The bearing seal was blown as well.
first thing i did was remove the spacer so i could tell what i was looking at. That same side also had the seized wheel cylinder and paper thin shoes. not sure if that could be related to the bearing failure?

In any case I never drove the car more then ten feet in my yard so i had no way of hearing the bearing. plus its open and holy rotted headers!

That bearing failure is also what prompted me to check the other side. plus i wanted to know if i need just one or both axles.

My dilemma on buying a used vs new is one i need to pinch every dollar but more because i am worried about having axles of two different qualities as well as one new and one old. Would that make the stock one more likely to brake during a hard launch?

As far as the Craigslist open 8,2 i have been watching this guys ads for a long time, he also has some 67 doors and i bought headers from him last year when i found mine were rotted.

By the way i did check both rear bearings holding the tire and trying to move it up and down and both sides i could not detect movement. It wasn't until i was trying to remove the drum that i saw the hub moving.

On my Chevy truck i could hear the axle make noise when cornering and could feel movement when grabbing the tire.And those axle bearings were just starting to go and were not horrible,