Bent rear axel

[Bigal]

Well I drove my car 20 feet up the side of a tree and long story short....

(rear wheel axle)

So my local hobby shop is out of new ones until next week so I did my best to straighten it, can I do any damage by driving my car on an almost straight rear axle?

 

[robmob]

The only damage you could cause is excessive wear on the slots in the cup.

 

[CharliesTheMan]

Well I would think that at speed this would cause extreme wobble, which would go into the diff cup and could cause severe damage to the diff cup and possibly the diff. A few hundredths of an inch off is all it take to throw something turning that fast out of balance.

 

[flandersander]

Is that after straightening? because you could probably get it straighter than that.

 

[Scrogg]

It will kill the bearings fast like that.

 

[Rolex]

Stay off pavement. It will put some bad uneven wear on your tires also.

 

[Bigal]

flander: to answer your Q, no it is much straighter now.

scrogg: which bearings?

 

[Scrogg]

The diff outdrive bearings and your wheel bearings.