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| | | | Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 13 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 13 | Yikes! Things you can't see in a ebay picture. Discovered I have a bent front axle. Can a not so straight axle be straightened? I have heard of some old school alignment guys bending the axle to fix alignment, you guy have any experience regarding this? Originally thought about a mustang II ifs, but thought I'd save some money and use the stock front end, so I already have new shocks, springs and sway bar. (Hard to go back to plan A) Any thoughts would be helpful. Thanks. truck picture | | | | | Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 4,961 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 4,961 | I still bend axles on 18 wheelers to correct camber problems. Bending yours would be no problem, but getting it straight would be difficult because it would probably be S shaped at the bend. Put an ad in the swap meet section. Lots of old axle beams are scrapped from parts vehicle. If someone near you has one, they would probably part with it for very little. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 457 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 457 | Double Yikes! Yes, that can be straightened, but getting all the angles back to spec would be hard. crenwelge is right on, camber was/is set on beam axles by bending, even in model T days. Find another axle, lots less grief! Good luck.
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| | | | | Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 | Man, that's hard to take. I agree with replace it. An ad in the swap meet might find you one you can haul off free. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall | | Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 | PM sent. I believe I can help and not far from you. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 | I wonder how the heck that got bent. It would have taken a lot of force to do something like that. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 Master Gabster | | Master Gabster Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 | I wonder how the heck that got bent. It would have taken a lot of force to do something like that. Not if my wife was driving that truck.
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| | | | | Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,122 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,122 | Had a bent axel on the '46. Sid's in Guthrie, OK fixed it right up and back to specs too. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 553 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 553 | Sid does awesome work. He did a 4" drop on my axle. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 13 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 13 | Thanks for all the help guys, I found a someone in Macon not far from me with a complete front end. As far as how it got that way I am only guessing but it looks like maybe a chain was used to pull it from somewhere stuck, (no other front end damage like from a wreck. | | |
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