how can a rear axle beam be damaged

[lauschie]

gday all,

has anyone out there ever had to replace a rear axle beam on a corolla hatch?? any ideas how a rear axle beam can be damaged. my car has never had a rear end damage.

all the best,

lauschie

[DANZZT231]

Yeah, BanGn bent his rear axle beam once. He slammed a gutter or something, u can do search for this topic as he post it when he had the damage. End of story is it can't be fix, so he grab a 2nd hand ones from wrecker.

Edited May 16, 2006 by Danz

[MR22ZZ]

The other way would be steep driveways, speed humps etc that you take in the 'sideways' motion which raises one of the rears off the ground for a period of time putting stain on the beam. Not highly likely as you would need to do it ALL the time, but possible none the less.