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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: St. Louis
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: St. Louis
Posts: 1,110
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I've seen a couple of bent housings. If you buy an axle, it almost always comes off a wrecked car, and sometimes in the wreck they got thumped on a rear wheel.
It can be hard to spot the bend by looking at it. A few degrees is nothing spread out over a foot or so of axle tube between the end and the center, but that will be enough of an angle at the wheel to cause issues.
With both axles out, use straight edges on both ends, reach out a foot or so (same on both sides), and measure the distance from one side to another. Do that front and back, and top and bottom (if you can), they should all be the same measurement. This might be difficult with the axle in the car.
You could also use a straight edge on the axle tubes, as long as you avoid obvious seams, bumps, lumps, etc, the tubing itself should be flat/straight on all sides. If you see a hill on one side and a valley on the other, you found a bend.
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'99 Highlander 5-spd manual e-locker no-running-board
SS 3" suspension lift/1" body lift/33" tires/'Snowflake' TRD Taco wheels/231mm Tundra brakes/bumpers/armor/sliders/winch/Sherpa Matterhorn rack
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