Re: Rear axle tube bent in collision, how to bend back?
 

Yep, if it isn't straight it'll eventually start to trash seals, bearings
and affect brakes too. If you can get a good donor, that'll replace it up
right. Otherwise, I'd definitely take it to a pro who'll probably swap the
whole tube and ensure it's perfectly straight. I'd look for a donor and be
sure you've got a good diff. Probably shouldn't be difficult to find the
D35 after the rep they've earned on Bill's website:)
Drink

Re: Rear axle tube bent in collision, how to bend back?
 

Yep, if it isn't straight it'll eventually start to trash seals, bearings
and affect brakes too. If you can get a good donor, that'll replace it up
right. Otherwise, I'd definitely take it to a pro who'll probably swap the
whole tube and ensure it's perfectly straight. I'd look for a donor and be
sure you've got a good diff. Probably shouldn't be difficult to find the
D35 after the rep they've earned on Bill's website:)
Drink

Re: Rear axle tube bent in collision, how to bend back?
 

Yep, if it isn't straight it'll eventually start to trash seals, bearings
and affect brakes too. If you can get a good donor, that'll replace it up
right. Otherwise, I'd definitely take it to a pro who'll probably swap the
whole tube and ensure it's perfectly straight. I'd look for a donor and be
sure you've got a good diff. Probably shouldn't be difficult to find the
D35 after the rep they've earned on Bill's website:)
Drink

Re: Rear axle tube bent in collision, how to bend back?
 

Rear axles are cheap, easier to just replace it. But if you insist on
trying to straighten it, about the only way is to use the camber
alignment tool used on solid axle trucks. It has a beam stronger than
the axle, a couple chunks of chain, and a hydraulic jack. Hold bean in
place, set chains at the ends, use the hydraulic jack to push in the
desired direction.

Richard J Kinch wrote:
> My (son's) 1997 TJ took a collision to the right rear. Crunched the corner
> of the body and the bumperette, hit the tire taking it off rim, and bent
> the axle and axle tube slightly. I pulled the axle from the Dana 35 and
> will replace it with a take-off from someone's upgrade. Shock absorber was
> yanked off its bent bolts on top; straightened that and put it back on with
> new bolts. The suspension arms were both buckled and replaced with spares
> from Quadratec.
>
> I clamped a 10 foot piece of SuperStrut to the brake backing plate, and
> used that as a long lever to straighten the plate square to the end of the
> axle tube.
>
> If I hold a straightedge to the axle tube, it looks to be bent forward
> about 1/8 or 1/4 inch along its length still. I tried disconnecting the
> suspension arm, putting a long bar into the axle tube, and heaving back
> over and over. Doesn't seem to budge it much.
>
> Any tips on straightening this thing while it's still on the vehicle?

Re: Rear axle tube bent in collision, how to bend back?
 

Rear axles are cheap, easier to just replace it. But if you insist on
trying to straighten it, about the only way is to use the camber
alignment tool used on solid axle trucks. It has a beam stronger than
the axle, a couple chunks of chain, and a hydraulic jack. Hold bean in
place, set chains at the ends, use the hydraulic jack to push in the
desired direction.

Richard J Kinch wrote:
> My (son's) 1997 TJ took a collision to the right rear. Crunched the corner
> of the body and the bumperette, hit the tire taking it off rim, and bent
> the axle and axle tube slightly. I pulled the axle from the Dana 35 and
> will replace it with a take-off from someone's upgrade. Shock absorber was
> yanked off its bent bolts on top; straightened that and put it back on with
> new bolts. The suspension arms were both buckled and replaced with spares
> from Quadratec.
>
> I clamped a 10 foot piece of SuperStrut to the brake backing plate, and
> used that as a long lever to straighten the plate square to the end of the
> axle tube.
>
> If I hold a straightedge to the axle tube, it looks to be bent forward
> about 1/8 or 1/4 inch along its length still. I tried disconnecting the
> suspension arm, putting a long bar into the axle tube, and heaving back
> over and over. Doesn't seem to budge it much.
>
> Any tips on straightening this thing while it's still on the vehicle?

Re: Rear axle tube bent in collision, how to bend back?
 

Rear axles are cheap, easier to just replace it. But if you insist on
trying to straighten it, about the only way is to use the camber
alignment tool used on solid axle trucks. It has a beam stronger than
the axle, a couple chunks of chain, and a hydraulic jack. Hold bean in
place, set chains at the ends, use the hydraulic jack to push in the
desired direction.

Richard J Kinch wrote:
> My (son's) 1997 TJ took a collision to the right rear. Crunched the corner
> of the body and the bumperette, hit the tire taking it off rim, and bent
> the axle and axle tube slightly. I pulled the axle from the Dana 35 and
> will replace it with a take-off from someone's upgrade. Shock absorber was
> yanked off its bent bolts on top; straightened that and put it back on with
> new bolts. The suspension arms were both buckled and replaced with spares
> from Quadratec.
>
> I clamped a 10 foot piece of SuperStrut to the brake backing plate, and
> used that as a long lever to straighten the plate square to the end of the
> axle tube.
>
> If I hold a straightedge to the axle tube, it looks to be bent forward
> about 1/8 or 1/4 inch along its length still. I tried disconnecting the
> suspension arm, putting a long bar into the axle tube, and heaving back
> over and over. Doesn't seem to budge it much.
>
> Any tips on straightening this thing while it's still on the vehicle?

Re: Rear axle tube bent in collision, how to bend back?
 

Yep, that damn Teddy Kennedy and his amnesty plan that was co-sponsored by
three Republicans: Sen. John McCain, Reps. Jim Kolbe and Jeff Flake

"Rich" <harrisfam1988@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:MDo5h.118$xD.1@trndny08...
> Here you go dems, and you want the illegals to stay, you asked for it you
> got it........
>
> "Richard J Kinch" <kinch@truetex.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns9877C04D46418someconundrum@216.196.97.131. ..
>> Earle Horton writes:
>>
>>> Is this thing
>>> driveable? If you get somebody to follow you, is it obviously going
>>> down
>>> the road sideways?
>>
>> I haven't had it back together with a straight axle.
>>
>> I did drive it after the collision after replacing the suspension arms,
>> when it had about 1/2 inch of runout on the wheel rotation (bent axle),
>> and
>> about 1/2 inch of toe-in misalignment besides (bent axle tube). The tire
>> was audibly squirming but you didn't feel it shimmy except at walking
>> speed. On wet pavement or going around turns or both, you could feel the
>> traction slipping.
>>
>> I'm just hoping for rough driveability with a new axle and an
>> approximately
>> straightened axle tube and backing plate. The guy that hit my son's car
>> on
>> I-95 was a drunk, apparently illegal immigrant who took off running when
>> the FHP showed up. The perp's lowlife insurance company that should be
>> paying for this has stalled for months, so we need time to sue them to
>> pay
>> for the proper repairs, but in the meantime we want to get this
>> 10-year-old
>> TJ back to something ugly a college kid can still drive to class.
>
>

Re: Rear axle tube bent in collision, how to bend back?
 

Yep, that damn Teddy Kennedy and his amnesty plan that was co-sponsored by
three Republicans: Sen. John McCain, Reps. Jim Kolbe and Jeff Flake

"Rich" <harrisfam1988@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:MDo5h.118$xD.1@trndny08...
> Here you go dems, and you want the illegals to stay, you asked for it you
> got it........
>
> "Richard J Kinch" <kinch@truetex.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns9877C04D46418someconundrum@216.196.97.131. ..
>> Earle Horton writes:
>>
>>> Is this thing
>>> driveable? If you get somebody to follow you, is it obviously going
>>> down
>>> the road sideways?
>>
>> I haven't had it back together with a straight axle.
>>
>> I did drive it after the collision after replacing the suspension arms,
>> when it had about 1/2 inch of runout on the wheel rotation (bent axle),
>> and
>> about 1/2 inch of toe-in misalignment besides (bent axle tube). The tire
>> was audibly squirming but you didn't feel it shimmy except at walking
>> speed. On wet pavement or going around turns or both, you could feel the
>> traction slipping.
>>
>> I'm just hoping for rough driveability with a new axle and an
>> approximately
>> straightened axle tube and backing plate. The guy that hit my son's car
>> on
>> I-95 was a drunk, apparently illegal immigrant who took off running when
>> the FHP showed up. The perp's lowlife insurance company that should be
>> paying for this has stalled for months, so we need time to sue them to
>> pay
>> for the proper repairs, but in the meantime we want to get this
>> 10-year-old
>> TJ back to something ugly a college kid can still drive to class.
>
>

Re: Rear axle tube bent in collision, how to bend back?
 

Yep, that damn Teddy Kennedy and his amnesty plan that was co-sponsored by
three Republicans: Sen. John McCain, Reps. Jim Kolbe and Jeff Flake

"Rich" <harrisfam1988@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:MDo5h.118$xD.1@trndny08...
> Here you go dems, and you want the illegals to stay, you asked for it you
> got it........
>
> "Richard J Kinch" <kinch@truetex.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns9877C04D46418someconundrum@216.196.97.131. ..
>> Earle Horton writes:
>>
>>> Is this thing
>>> driveable? If you get somebody to follow you, is it obviously going
>>> down
>>> the road sideways?
>>
>> I haven't had it back together with a straight axle.
>>
>> I did drive it after the collision after replacing the suspension arms,
>> when it had about 1/2 inch of runout on the wheel rotation (bent axle),
>> and
>> about 1/2 inch of toe-in misalignment besides (bent axle tube). The tire
>> was audibly squirming but you didn't feel it shimmy except at walking
>> speed. On wet pavement or going around turns or both, you could feel the
>> traction slipping.
>>
>> I'm just hoping for rough driveability with a new axle and an
>> approximately
>> straightened axle tube and backing plate. The guy that hit my son's car
>> on
>> I-95 was a drunk, apparently illegal immigrant who took off running when
>> the FHP showed up. The perp's lowlife insurance company that should be
>> paying for this has stalled for months, so we need time to sue them to
>> pay
>> for the proper repairs, but in the meantime we want to get this
>> 10-year-old
>> TJ back to something ugly a college kid can still drive to class.
>
>

Re: Rear axle tube bent in collision, how to bend back?
 

And we just voted out of power the guys that would have stopped it.

On Sat, 11 Nov 2006 18:43:40 -0500, "Matt Macchiarolo"
<matt@nospamplease.com> wrote:

>Yep, that damn Teddy Kennedy and his amnesty plan that was co-sponsored by
>three Republicans: Sen. John McCain, Reps. Jim Kolbe and Jeff Flake
>
>"Rich" <harrisfam1988@verizon.net> wrote in message
>news:MDo5h.118$xD.1@trndny08...
>> Here you go dems, and you want the illegals to stay, you asked for it you
>> got it........
>>
>> "Richard J Kinch" <kinch@truetex.com> wrote in message
>> news:Xns9877C04D46418someconundrum@216.196.97.131. ..
>>> Earle Horton writes:
>>>
>>>> Is this thing
>>>> driveable? If you get somebody to follow you, is it obviously going
>>>> down
>>>> the road sideways?
>>>
>>> I haven't had it back together with a straight axle.
>>>
>>> I did drive it after the collision after replacing the suspension arms,
>>> when it had about 1/2 inch of runout on the wheel rotation (bent axle),
>>> and
>>> about 1/2 inch of toe-in misalignment besides (bent axle tube). The tire
>>> was audibly squirming but you didn't feel it shimmy except at walking
>>> speed. On wet pavement or going around turns or both, you could feel the
>>> traction slipping.
>>>
>>> I'm just hoping for rough driveability with a new axle and an
>>> approximately
>>> straightened axle tube and backing plate. The guy that hit my son's car
>>> on
>>> I-95 was a drunk, apparently illegal immigrant who took off running when
>>> the FHP showed up. The perp's lowlife insurance company that should be
>>> paying for this has stalled for months, so we need time to sue them to
>>> pay
>>> for the proper repairs, but in the meantime we want to get this
>>> 10-year-old
>>> TJ back to something ugly a college kid can still drive to class.
>>
>>
>



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