Just like O Soto said, broken spindle. Sending parts to builder...details to follow!
O Soto, come on...give me some credit, up to that point I hadn't been stuck ONCE!!

Oh, and hey, next time stop by and say hi and get the scoop in person, I promise to make sure O Soto is on his BEST behavior, we'd all love to meet any gd.com'er that wants to say 'hey'!!