[DeTomaso] bent solid axle shaft--NPC

[Pantdino at aol.com]

Hi, All,

My son sideswiped a streetlamp with his '97 Ford Explorer.  When you jack it 
up, take the wheel off, and let the car run, the brake disc outer edge has 
about 1mm of fore-aft runout and 2-3mm lateral runout.  The center metal (axle 
shaft itself, I presume) is doing the same thing. So my conclusion is that the 
axle shaft is bent.

What is involved in replacing it?  Expensive job? What's involved in freeing 
the inboard side from the diff gears?

I have no experience with this kind of problem.

thanks, 
Jim