Originally Posted by PsychoCupcake

Maybe. It is possible to bend a flange but not the mounting surface. I see bent flanges rather frequently on the trail but none of them have had bent mounting surfaces. However with the bent track bar bracket, maybe it was a hard enough hit to bend the whole axle. Best way to check is to remove the axle shaft and measure the angle of the axle flange mounting surface to the axle tube. They should be at 90 degrees.