Originally Posted by
M-88
The beam axle is toed out (tire wear on inside) from the factory right?
Had a thought about something over the weekend. Friend of mine has a car with a beam axle. We were trying to remove the rear wheels and they were rusted on pretty good. I took the hilift jack and put it against the inside of the wheels in an attempt to force them off. Ended up bending the axle a bit and toeing the rear wheels in.
Wonder if something like that would be possible for this? Just jacking against the backing plates instead of the wheels to avoid damage to the spindles / bearings.
Might work. it's as good as anything else that's been tried.
The only thing I was considering myself, was heating the axle and doing a bend. It's got it's own set of risks, but it does make it significantly easier, and heated metal doesn't loose as much of it's strength when bent compared to a cold metal bend. So you'd preserve the strength, and make it easier, but you could also warp things, which may make your bend "off alignment" itself, not to mention expanding forces could make problems elsewhere...
It's a thought I've had, which may not be so great, but would make this very much easier. Of course, I have a new axle on the way, so will see if the new one is aligned properly or not first!
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