I may be wrong on welding a hole shut, but I have to unhook my coil overs and let the 4 link down to get a wheel off. Guess that I did not pay attention to it. So I will retract my saying no. Will look at it the next time I have it apart. I have been thinking of new axles anyway, the axle end looks odd because it is for the small bolt pattern.
Sorry for misinformation!
