I just called the owner privious to the one that i bought my truck from, He said said he received that truck from salvage, ( clean title) it was in a car acident and bent the rear axle. I can see some minor body damage ( compared to what force it would take to bend the rear axle) on the drivers side rear. My question is how can i tell if the rear axle that's in my truck is the original?

thanks
B-rock

 

The rear axle for your truck is a Dana 70.....a "70" will be cast in somewhere on the housing.......it is probably safe to say that if the housing was bent in an accident, the truck no longer has the original housing - at least I hope it doesn't!