Rear axle snaped
09-27-2005, 10:34 PM
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Rear axle snaped
LOL a dude hit a curb doing 10mph and his axle snaped another one hit a car and another one uhmm just fell off dodge owners should get theirs cheked IMO are the axle's really that weak? hit a car and a curb i can understand but just fall out? uhmmm imagine trailering and your axle just snaps i would be worried. look at this whats that in the middle? idk but it looks cheap
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Damn, I thought we were driving american tough trucks, not hyundai excels.
09-28-2005, 12:16 AM
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There's been a select few cases of this happening. In a most of cases damage is done long before the curb hit, the hit is just the final nail in the coffin. It seems to be a problem with trucks and the stock 20" rims, they weigh a ton.
09-28-2005, 08:48 AM
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This actually happened to wifey's 98 Ram Sport extcbsb 1500 2X4, The axle flange just popped off... never been hit and the truck had 16's on it. Being a Machinist I am familiar with metal fatigue and failure and it only took a quick look to tell that it was a defect from the factory. It was a crack in the axle and was broken for a long time and only a small portion of the axle was holding on and just eventually cracked til it fell off.
Now the sad part is that Dodge NEVER took any responsibility and conned her into claiming it on her insurance! AND the Insurance PAID... never looked at nothing.. Bottom line: her Insurance went up ( mind you when the flange broke off her truck just sat down on the wheel and bent some sheet metal and such) so the next accident she had cost her even more.
Now for her getting the Insurance to pay was the quick way out as fighting Dodge over the incident was going to take a long time, this is NOT an isolated incident as I have heard of quite a few more non-impact type axle breakages. People need to take a stand on this to get Dodge to accept responsibilty on this....
TJ
Now the sad part is that Dodge NEVER took any responsibility and conned her into claiming it on her insurance! AND the Insurance PAID... never looked at nothing.. Bottom line: her Insurance went up ( mind you when the flange broke off her truck just sat down on the wheel and bent some sheet metal and such) so the next accident she had cost her even more.
Now for her getting the Insurance to pay was the quick way out as fighting Dodge over the incident was going to take a long time, this is NOT an isolated incident as I have heard of quite a few more non-impact type axle breakages. People need to take a stand on this to get Dodge to accept responsibilty on this....
TJ
No axle Snaping here
