Axle shifted over, Now With Pictures. Help please.

[olenmarmcr]

Following a collision with a telephone pole my axle is shifted. Looking at my blazer from the front you can see that my driver side tire sicks out to about the middle of the side mirror. its is pretty far out from under the fender. On the passenger side its under the fender. i have straightened the rear shackles because they were bent but it didn't help. Also my steering wheel is almost upside down and it wont turn all the way to the left. please help, this is my daily driver.
ps... Two body shops agree the frame IS NOT BENT.

Notice how close the shocks are to the springs

Notice how far these ones are

Pictures taken from t-case up

 

[USSkoval]

I don't get it. If the axle is shifted that far over, it should be blatantly obvious what is messed up.

 

[chevysmithz71]

Yeah leafs can be bent. You should be able to visually see anything bent on these things since they are so simple.

Pics help too.

 

[olenmarmcr]

Yea i thought it would be obvious too, thats why im so stumped.

 

[xpndbl3]

run a straight edge down the side of the leaves, but I'd be pretty sure the frame moved over and that is causing the steering wheel to be turned. Pay to have it put on a frame machine and then the lasers will tell the story of what on the truck is bent.

 

[smalltruckbigcid]

check the center pins to make sure they aren't broken too.

 

[resurrected_jimmy]

post up some head on pictures and some looking down the frame. Crawl under it and take some pictures from the T-case forward. Some of us on here should be able to identify what moved.

For what its worth, every square body chevy I've seen that has taken a substantial hit in the front end has suffered frame damage

 

[olenmarmcr]

Thanks guys ill get some pictures posted

 

[Brady]

My money is on the frame being bent.

 

[olenmarmcr]

I posted those pictures so you could take a look. thanks for your help.

 

[gone huntin]

I think the spring center pins are broken. Look at the location of the spring on the pad, the centers don't line up. Take a picture of the passenger side at the same location and see if it looks the same.

 

[496truck]

You can see the u-bolts kicked over as well, looks like a mark on the axle of where they used to be (in the shadow you can just see a dirt/rust ridge), but they are leaning. Even the pass side u-bolts are leaning and bent.

You will need new spring pins and u-bolts to start. I wouldn't re-use those bolts. New springs may be in order too but once you get them out you can check them on a flat surface laying on their side. I would also remove the quad shocks and replace with one good one on each side.

May just be the pic but the pass side looks like it has way too much negative camber (top of tire tilted in). You may have a bent axle there cause there is no adjustment for that. On that same note, I would be checking the ball joints and all the steering joints after a collision like that. Especially on the collision side but ALL of them should be checked. Bring it to an alignment shop when you get it back together.

 

[sweetk30]

check the center pins to make sure they aren't broken too.

easy thing to break off and let do this.