All you guys that are talking about how you had bent axles. When you take them to get straightned do you take the whole axle out or leave it in the quad.Just one of those things bugging me.

2001 300EX
K&N Filter
Scott Grips
Maier Handguards
Maxxis Razr Tires

 

I buy a new alxe, a reppaired one is gonna always be week.

 

"Ditto", the sport quad axles are designed to be disposable. They should generally be (if treated and tempered right) on the bare edge of snapping rather than bending. Any straightening attempt would garrantee undependability assuming they are tempered correctly. If they really are too 'soft' a straightening wouldn't hurt anything and would extend their life a bit...Don't attempt to straighten them on the quad, that would put excessive force on the bearings(Yah right the bearings have already been there done that [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] )

 

You can straighten them. Remove the axel and take it to a machine shop that has a lathe. My buddy had the one on his ATC 250R done about a year ago and it is going strong. I personally bought a new one. If you bend it once you WILL do it again.