[rotorwrench]

The hardest thing to straighten is when an axle has had a good bend in it at one time and a person has tried to straighten but ended up with a kink in it. This indicates too much stretch happened initially and straightening only made it worse.

Mild bends will come out with minimal or no blemishes left and a lot can be done cold. Heat can be used in straightening but it has to be done with experience and fore thought. They have dropped these axles for years without too many failures. Those that fail are generally not done well to begin with.

A person can get one straightened and still run into problems with the wish bone. They can be reformed as well but it doesn't have as many control points to check it from