Highway Carnage
06-24-2005, 03:03 PM
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Highway Carnage (my axle blew up)
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first off, im not exactly sure how all of this happened but it did so on the highway and now i know why paventment sucks :cuss
i was driving on the highway and i heard a loud clunky noise and my truck jerked to the right really hard. i thought i blew out a tire so i pull over but cant notice anything wrong. i get going again and i can feel my tire really wobbly and i could hear some kind of noise coming from the front end. being almost 2 hours away from home and thinking like a complete genious i decide to keep driving on it and get a little closer to home.
now the fun stuff
i guess my bearings let loose inside and grenaded the hub a$$embly, the spindle. the rotor ground down on the knuckle some.
first off, im not exactly sure how all of this happened but it did so on the highway and now i know why paventment sucks :cuss
i was driving on the highway and i heard a loud clunky noise and my truck jerked to the right really hard. i thought i blew out a tire so i pull over but cant notice anything wrong. i get going again and i can feel my tire really wobbly and i could hear some kind of noise coming from the front end. being almost 2 hours away from home and thinking like a complete genious i decide to keep driving on it and get a little closer to home.
now the fun stuff
i guess my bearings let loose inside and grenaded the hub a$$embly, the spindle. the rotor ground down on the knuckle some.
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06-24-2005, 03:04 PM
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im actually pretty lucky the tire didnt fall off while i was driving it. i got it stopped and had a tow truck get me the rest of the way home. argh i hate this truck and im pretty sure it might be for sale after i fix it.
06-24-2005, 03:15 PM
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its currently sitting at les schwab where they want 1200-1500 to fix everything. im either thinking of just sliding a new axle under there or i know a few people with knuckle out assemblies they will sell me for cheap then i would just have to get a few new things and get it driving.
06-24-2005, 03:28 PM
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Something not torqued to the right specs inside the knuckle? You could pick up a used front axle (you used a mini-truck axle, right?) slap the whole thing on there and get it home for 200-300 bucks, right?
06-24-2005, 04:38 PM
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sucks big time bro. i can definitely see why you want it gone after all the crap that's taken a dump on ya... your 3rd is still good, right? if so, there's a few housings with birfs and inners on pirate. i'm sure you have been looking already. good luck with it jay. i'll be talking to ya.
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06-24-2005, 06:27 PM
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thats what im actually going to do Kyle. i have a few leads on complete knuckle out assymblies with spindles and hubs. its just going to take a couple weeks until i can get this taken care of.
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