# How to tell if axle is bent?
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-tell-if-axle-is-bent/244114
**Category:** Shift518 Automotive
**Created:** [May 12, 2009, 7:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-tell-if-axle-is-bent/244114 "2009-05-12T19:34:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 19
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### Author:  [@plaf713](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/plaf713)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2009, 1:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-tell-if-axle-is-bent/244114/21 "2009-05-14T13:41:48Z")
anka’s on erie blvd balances them, good people too
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### Author:  [@crazybrew609](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/crazybrew609)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2009, 1:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-tell-if-axle-is-bent/244114/22 "2009-05-14T13:44:35Z")
you mean
**[Ancas Foreign Auto Parts](http://www.yellowpages.com/info-5650516/Ancas-Foreign-Auto-Parts)**
1401 Erie Blvd
Schenectady, NY 12305
- (518) 374-3705
he’s right tho AWESOME GUYS!.. there place looks like a pile of shit but they do work… does hunt’s do it? adam?
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### Author:  [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2009, 7:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-tell-if-axle-is-bent/244114/23 "2009-05-14T19:23:22Z")
albany universal in menands does it cheap and awsome to …they can build ya a d/s if needed i used for my 93 camaro and took what i threw at it
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### Author:  [@MikeyB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MikeyB)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2009, 7:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-tell-if-axle-is-bent/244114/24 "2009-05-14T19:28:12Z")
Where in menands is that place?That would be easier to get to as i can drop the shaft off while im working.
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### Author:  [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2009, 7:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-tell-if-axle-is-bent/244114/25 "2009-05-14T19:29:11Z")
Broadway
If I remember right its by Kimberly Scott office furniture
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### Author:  [@MikeyB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MikeyB)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2009, 7:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-tell-if-axle-is-bent/244114/26 "2009-05-14T19:31:15Z")
They do the speed balancing cause when im done with this i dont want 1 vibration.lol
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### Author:  [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2009, 7:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-tell-if-axle-is-bent/244114/27 "2009-05-14T19:46:36Z")
right on broadway near the dog …yes they do speed balancing
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### Author:  [@Boxersix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boxersix)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2009, 8:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-tell-if-axle-is-bent/244114/28 "2009-05-14T20:00:16Z")
> [@f/s: Remote Car Starters](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/f-s-remote-car-starters/18166/3):
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> does hunt’s do it? adam?
Our balancer is not setup to balance drive shafts as a whole. I can do small sub sections from a multipiece when they are broken down(subaru, evo, etc) but it’s not something I do on a regular basis and isn’t really worth the time.
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### Author:  [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2009, 8:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-tell-if-axle-is-bent/244114/29 "2009-05-14T20:02:02Z")
> [@How many of you heat with natural gas?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-many-of-you-heat-with-natural-gas/18167/24):
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> Our balancer is not setup to balance drive shafts as a whole. I can do small sub sections from a multipiece when they are broken down(subaru, evo, etc) but it’s not something I do on a regular basis and isn’t really worth the time.
holy shit superman has a weakness:lol
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### Author:  [@MikeyB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MikeyB)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2009, 3:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-tell-if-axle-is-bent/244114/30 "2009-06-18T15:55:35Z")
Finally had the axles looked at and they are bent.Bad.The runout on the drivers side was .0368 and passanger was .0247.Runout specs call for .002-.005 Called the dealership and they wanted 536 an axle,so i called moser and for 285+ shipping they are sending me new ones.
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### Author:  [@crazybrew609](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/crazybrew609)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2009, 5:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-tell-if-axle-is-bent/244114/31 "2009-06-18T17:38:20Z")
mosher FTMFW!!.. who looked at them… or did you do it yourself?
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### Author:  [@MikeyB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MikeyB)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2009, 7:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-tell-if-axle-is-bent/244114/32 "2009-06-18T19:17:40Z")
Really.I already texted you that my fatherinlaw and his friend who owns a shop in did it with the dial indicator.
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### Author:  [@crazybrew609](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/crazybrew609)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2009, 7:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-tell-if-axle-is-bent/244114/33 "2009-06-18T19:22:42Z")
you never texted me they had the dial indicators… you just said they were taken it apart
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### Author:  [@MikeyB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MikeyB)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2009, 7:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-tell-if-axle-is-bent/244114/34 "2009-06-18T19:40:45Z")
hahahhaha.i was texting in the rain.My bad bro
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### Author:  [@MikeyB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MikeyB)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2009, 1:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-tell-if-axle-is-bent/244114/35 "2009-06-20T13:07:52Z")
UPDATE!!!.
Axles are in,took it for a cruise and not one vibration,Still think driveshaft could use a speed balance cause everytime i bounced off the gov it seem to shutter.I also added bilstein front struts,trimmed bumpstop,doestch tech rear shocks and it handles so much better.To bad its raining again or id be cruising.Thank you guys for all your help,When i can get some time lined up ill look into tru trac/gears.
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### Author:  [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2009, 1:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-tell-if-axle-is-bent/244114/36 "2009-06-20T13:09:17Z")
had a smoked axle ha ,no shit was it one or both ? glad ya got it
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### Author:  [@MikeyB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MikeyB)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2009, 1:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-tell-if-axle-is-bent/244114/37 "2009-06-20T13:16:00Z")
It was both.wasnt the shaft but at the hub.You could spin in your hand and see it.Feels like a totally different truck now.On the way home id hit a bump/ road groove and see the bed moving and id get pissed but then it went away and just realized it was a bump.All in all im glad it is done.The driver side was worse but for the price i figured id just replace both.
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### Author:  [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2009, 1:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-tell-if-axle-is-bent/244114/38 "2009-06-20T13:20:41Z")
yeah the hub end,s do bend ,ya didnt do stock did ya ? aftermarket are way stronger and cheaper
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### Author:  [@MikeyB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MikeyB)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2009, 1:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-tell-if-axle-is-bent/244114/39 "2009-06-20T13:28:45Z")
Got 2 of them from Moser,even with overnight shipping they were still cheaper than 1 stock axle the dealer wanted.(536 for one.)
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