Chain tension/wheel alignment

[fazersharp]

if you spindle was that loose you would crash as the wheel would pull to one side due to the chain being on one side and the chain adjusters would snap

I remember on my old Suzuki GS 125 on the way to Peterborough bike show, I lost my rear axle nut and stopped and pulled up i piece of wire from a hedge and wrapped it around the thread and carried on. Seems nuts thinking about it now and how could I of carried on - there and back