bent rear axle

[lemski]

i beleave i have bent my rear axle. the drivers side wheel now toes out, not in as it did after a meeting with a kurb in the snow. is it likely to be the axle, or the stub? i can get another axle but if its the stub i need to find the carriers and such for one side aswell dont i/ cheers liam

[Peej1981]

Have you actually had a look at the axle to see visually if it is bent, when i saw the rear wheel i stright away noticed that it wasnt right so i would have expected to axle to show some sort of sign.
Surely if the axle is bent to the point it is making the wheel toe out then you must be able to feel it whilst driving like the back end is not traveling in the same direction as the front. Does the car pull to that side too?

[lemski]

Yeh cornerings gone down abit and you can notice it more as its on high offset wheels that sit at edge of the arch and I've had a quick look. Will have a properlook tomorow to see where the problem lies.

[Wayne]

You might get lucky and only bent the stub axle.

Jack the car up, pop both wheels off and hold a spirit level on the discs, check both ways if that makes sense, compare both sides and go from there.

[Peej1981]

Lets hope it is the stub axle, but knowing Neg it will be the whole axle  Have you got a spare one if it is?

[dan_apps]

it will have to have taken a real smack to have bent the axle!

You might get lucky and only bent the stub axle.

Jack the car up, pop both wheels off and hold a spirit level on the discs, check both ways if that makes sense, compare both sides and go from there.

not sure how accurate that would be though as you you could have just knocked the camber out?

[lemski]

Kai - yes I have a spare axle.
Wayne - I don't understand what you mean but I will try.
And camber isn't knocked out its the toe. As it now toes out and I was doing 30 I know that much.