possible bent axle tube???

[6burg]

Thanks for the info , it has been hit from rear and is out 1/4 inch in front [ toed out] This gives me something to work with. I'll remove housing this week and measure more accurately and see exacly where bend is. would like to get straight as possible to start season.

[stock car driver]

Lots of nifty ideas on straightening but its usually done in a 20 ton press.

It will bend again next time easier but if your considering running it as is you likely dont care so just take it to someone with a press and have it straightened.

That costs 50-100 here.

[6burg]

the housing is now straight

I basically used the method bushracing67 showed in drawing using a 12 ton bottle jack and log chain. I broke one of the new cheap 3/8 rural king chains, bolts, jack and schrapnel flying everywhere. decided to use one of the old high tensil american made 3/8 chains after that. took a crazy amount of pressure and several tries to get it bent,had to adjust chain once to bent a little diffrent direction. measuring from rotor to rotor it is straight within 1/32ths inch. it's straight and axle goes in and out freely for now, I have TCA jiging up another housing to have on hand if/when it bends again. Thanks for all your help. Also would suggest wearing a helment for this method and a long...jack handle.

[dirty white boy]

I basically used the method bushracing67 showed in drawing using a 12 ton bottle jack and log chain. I broke one of the new cheap 3/8 rural king chains, bolts, jack and schrapnel flying everywhere. decided to use one of the old high tensil american made 3/8 chains after that. took a crazy amount of pressure and several tries to get it bent,had to adjust chain once to bent a little diffrent direction. measuring from rotor to rotor it is straight within 1/32ths inch. it's straight and axle goes in and out freely for now, I have TCA jiging up another housing to have on hand if/when it bends again. Thanks for all your help. Also would suggest wearing a helment for this method and a long...jack handle.

lolololol damit boy!!! fun tho' wont it!!lolol

[bushracing67]

lol, glad it got you fixed up, i cant believe you broke a chain, i think the chain we always used was 5/16

[street92]

just to add to this, i bent a floater for the first time this year. i didn't know it was bent until i changed gears towards the end of the season and found out i had an axle that was hard to get in and out just like yours. found out the left side was towed out about 1/2 inch. i am kind of glad i found it because my car was definitely slower the second half of the season. my chassis builder, who has been around for years and builds everything from late models to bombers and has won a lot of races himself, told me he didn't even know how i could drive the car anymore with the rear end towed out 1/2 inch. according to him that will definitely screw up the way the car handles. so it's not even so much if it will hurt the bearings as much as it slows you down.