I'm taking the axles out of a crashed 97 GT for my 88 GT. The vehicle hit a telephone pole directly head on at 45 miles per hour. This visibly bent the rear end, the tubes are both bent at a slight angle forward. Both are about 1/4 inch forward at the ends. The rear end still spins smoothly, and we couldn't seen any wobble on the rotors as it was spun. The axles, however, had to be hammered out of the rear end.
There is no visible damage to the axles themselves. We put a straight edge on them, and nothing seemed to be bent.
Is there enough freeplay within the rear end to allow the axles to have escaped damage?
There is no visible damage to the axles themselves. We put a straight edge on them, and nothing seemed to be bent.
Is there enough freeplay within the rear end to allow the axles to have escaped damage?