I slid the car into a curb at around 25 or 30 mph. It tore the left wheel in half and the rear axle was shifted to the right about an inch or so. Now I get a rubbing noise from the rear.

I jacked the car up and loosened up the trailing arms to see if it would shift back. This was no use. From what I can tell the axle doesn't look bent and neither do the trailing arms.

Just wondering what else there is that could be making the axle like this.

 

Watts linkage and associated hardware?

The watts link is what locates the axle, perhaps there is enough play in the upper and lower arm bushings that they are ok?

You'll see two arms that mount to a bracket above the center of the housing.. check that.

 

Yeah could have bent one of the links for the watts.

 

I just got done breaking the links for the watts loose.
The bars themselves seem to be fine but the thing on the axle itself, don't know what its called, looks a little twisted and its cocked to one side so I'm going to pull it off and see if i can get it straightened out.
Once I get this out, will the the axle be free to move from side to side?

Thanks for the help!

 

Yep, I would not drive it without it on there.