Maxx

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I hit a curb on my front drivers side. Busted the steering rack and replaced it. Took it for an alignment and they cannot get anything better than +1.5deg camber. I took apart both sides and the left spindle is bent about 2". My friends suggest bending it back insteady of buying a used one from a junk yard that might be bent, too. I can probably have it done at the machine shop at my work.

Any comments or advice?

Scoggin Dickey

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I would recommend replacing it.

samson_420

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I say get a replacement. . . . Yeah, it sucks. . . But, I don't know how you can bend it back to original.

hiltsy855

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I'm not sure if the spindles are forged or cast. If it's forged you might get away with it, if it cast forget it. Best bet is to get one from a bone yard.

wssix99

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You should get a new one. Bending it back will weaken it. If you bend a paper clip back and forth, you'll get the same effect. (The paper clip gets weaker and weaker each time you bend it.)

tuffluck

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definitely replace. you can take your old one to the junk yard, and/or call around the junk yards and find a junk yard that has multiple spindles. you can line them all up on a table and see which are the least bent if any of them are. if you use your current bent spindle for comparison, it should be relatively easy to find a good one. the v6 f-body uses the same spindle, so any spindle that works is the same spindle you bent.

in dallas i have found spindles ranging in the price of $30 to $150 for a used one. gmpartsdirect lists a new one at $200, so if you can't find a used one less than $100, just buy a new one.

BMR Tech2

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Have to agree with everyone else. You need to replace it.

DONAIMIAN

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I would just buy new. Our stock spindles are pretty weak and I wouldn't waste my time with a junk yard.