bent front housing?

[88v6yota]

Ok so i picked up a front housing for my sas this weekend and while I had a hard time getting the long side birf out, it was rubbing slightly on the top of the bell. Also while sighting down the front of the housing it looked like the short side of the housing might have been bent. This is the first front toyota housing I've ever been into so I was wondering if there's a good way of checking for sure if the housings bent and if it is bent is the housing junk or is it still usable?

[79coyotefrg]

not likely  the short side is bent

[79coyotefrg]

use a straight edge along the weld seem on the axle 

[Rocksurfer]

Oh yes you can bend the short side, TurtleTruck bent his on both the long and short side right at the bell where the housing is at it's smallest point.     Looked kinda like this:  /------0---\ 

[RTA]

they will bend allright. just got a new housing and bought the axle ball gusset set from marlin. hopefully it helps.  NO MORE JUMPING!

[krawlz]

Oh yes you can bend the short side, TurtleTruck bent his on both the long and short side right at the bell where the housing is at it's smallest point.     Looked kinda like this:  /------0---\ 

    ditto