Rear wheels slanted 2000 dodge 4x4

[MXlonerider]

Hey all,

Well, I left the Dodge forums after trading my old '88 D100 to my younger brother, now I'm back after having recently purchased a 2000 Dodge Dakota 4.7L Auto/ 4x4 Club Cab. I do realize that I'm technically in the wrong forum, but after having my thread read upwards of twenty times in the Dakota forum with no responses, I figured that the Ram was close enough with hopes that this was a generic difficulty that Ram owners may know about.

When I bought the truck, it had nearly-new tires on, which pleased me. Now, after having driven a couple thousand miles, I've noticed that the rear tires seem to be wearing very unevenly. Now, I'm not sure whether this is happening on just one or both rear wheels, as I've had the tires rotated since I bought it and had a front end alignment done (and my eyes aren't good enough to tell straight from crooked sometimes), but I know that at least one of the rear wheels is riding with the top slanted out just a bit. This is causing the outer edge of the tire to wear very quickly, and I'm worried not only about tire life, but also about losing traction and wearing something down in my rear end.

Can you list some possible causes I should look into? I'd appreciate it very much.

OH! and one last thing--does anybody know of a place where I can get a cheap replacement stock driver-rear fender flare for this truck? Haven't had it a few months and somebody already backed into it....

Thanks again for any advice you can give me. I've got a slight learning curve on this one- it's the first 4x4 I've personally owned and had to troubleshoot.

[Chris Stewart]

Looks like you've got a bent axle tube pal.
They can be straightened at good alignment shops.