'87 V20 front axle shifted. Please help me fix it

[Zane M]

Short version: I let an employee I manage drive my personal truck to fill a business need due to the severity of a recent snow storm.
When pulling out of a drive to leave a property, he slid into the curb and cracked my rim, as well as shifting the right side of the axle back. I witnessed the incident, and as much as I want to kill him, I can't blame it on excessive speed, just the right combination of factors to have bad things happen.

The owner of the company is going to reimburse me for any expenses relating to this, and I do plan on getting everything checked out. But, I at least need to get it driveable. The right side of the axle is currently loose enough that braking will cause the axle to shift. And right hand turns? "Fugettaboutit".

I need to know where to measure and the distance amounts to get this thing back where it should be. For example: "From the front of the spring perch to the centerline of the front spring mount should be XX inches."

Any advice or guidance would be greatly appreciated!

[Keith Seymore]

Where did the shift occur?

Did the axle pad knock the head off the alignment pin, and slide the whole thing (U bolts and all) rearward on the spring? If that's the case it will be obvious where everything goes once you replace the bolt.

Or did the spring pull the bracket loose off the side of the frame?

K

[BONUSCAB]

We're gonna need some pictures...

[KQQL IT]

Sheared or pulled the center pin.
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[Zane M]

Thanks all for the quick responses.
I'm not 100% sure yet. Everything is covered in ice at the moment.
My gut tells me it is the alignment pin that is sheared. I forgot all about the fact that there is(should be) an alignment pin. 4 hours of sleep in 3 days will do that to you.