How does this bend?

[Leesfer]

I believe the term for it is the pan hard rod... I was looking at my car from the rear and I noticed that the wheels were shifted over to the right side an inch or more, so I got down under it and noticed that this thing was bent and I have no idea how that happened... I did have it at the mechanics and its possible something happened there because I didn't notice anything before I sent it away...

[Curly]

Not a pretty sight I would hazard a guess that someboy has tried to jack it up with a jack under the diff and it's slipped and ended up under the Panhard rod. It'll need straightening or better still, replacing.

[So Cal Mark]

from the angle it's bent at, I'd bet it was on a flat bed tow truck at some point and they tied it down from the panhard rod.

[Leesfer]

from the angle it's bent at, I'd bet it was on a flat bed tow truck at some point and they tied it down from the panhard rod.

Actually it was on a tow truck! Thanks for the insight

[So Cal Mark]

I"ve seen this quite often. It seems many tow truck drivers may not be the brightest bulb in the box