James wrote:

Is it possible the rear axle nuts were simply
not done up quite tight enough and the axle
slipped forward in the drop out slots?

Well, yeah, maybe! Shimano says, somewhere (?),
dome nuts or wheel axle nuts should be
28-32 Nm.

I have my torque wrench permanently at 30 Nm as
this is the only application I found so far,
sadly

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