Any of you guys out there ever taken their slightly bent axle out of your atv and have taken it to a machine shop to have it bent back to its normal position. If you have do they do a good job, and does it make the axle weaker or have you had any problems since you have had it bent back.

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once it's bent it's weaker and then if you bend it back it weakens it more. Get a new one, but keep riding till it snaps.

 

A machine shop straightened mine for around $40. I have ridden 2 summers on it and appears to be fine, however, I mostly trail ride. I don't race or do huge jumps, under those cond. my axle might have bent.