gt1guy
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A friend of my son.
I'd like to see what the engine compartment looks like. That certainly can't look good anymore.
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I'd like to see what the engine compartment looks like. That certainly can't look good anymore.
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Amazing work. LOL
Bggrnchvy
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The crossmember and tranny pan say 3rd gen Ram and with the front driveshaft spinning all the time there are consistent issues with CV balls failing from lack of grease/maintenance. Tons of trucks scrapped from this failure. Often it breaks the t-case and punches through the floorboard.
Mr. Mindless
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my 2018 5500 has done this sometime before 104,350. I bought it with like 114k on it, it has a used transfer case (that needs a chain - it skips), has floorboard dents and hole, and the previous owner had to to a transmission case after chasing issues and finding a cracked tail housing and subsequently cracked case. So far so good in the 6,000 miles I've done but it was a VERY expensive I think 10,000 miles and 2 years that he owned it - paperwork is in the glovebox to the tune of like 6 grand in shop work.
I suspect the original owner had the tcase explode from driveshaft failure, slapped in a junkyard case and front shaft and delete tune for the destroyed aftertreat on the other side, and set it to auction with remaining leaky transmission issues. Haven't taken any pictures of that for whatever reason.
Hardly a new problem though,
I had that exact same failure happen to my on my 1998 Dakota while it was still stock too, don't remember milage but it was December of 2003 on i90 in Sandusky. Rented a uhaul to get it and me home for christmas. I was too young to rent from anywhere reputable but they let me take this, and then I had to put a valvestem in their tire. I think I told them it was towing an AWD Caravan.
edit to add - ballpark milage at failure was 105,000 give or take 5k
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A friend of my son.
That happened to a buggy at a rock crawling event here about 20 years ago.
They blew up an engine on day 1, drove a 4-hour round trip to pick up a replacement, paid the farm next-door to the event site to use their workshop all night to swap the engine out, then managed to hit a wombat on the road driving the buggy the probably 1 mile back to the event site breaking off a heap of wiring mount tabs and pushing the whole engine harness into the rear shaft. (this was a rear engine buggy).
Wasn't a great weekend for those guys or the wombat.
Guy I work with had this happen on Saturday at the Nitro Chaos race at the Texas Motorplex...
A bunch of parts came out of the oil pan too. I should have some really good pictures of all the carnage later this week when they tear down the engine.
gt1guy
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That valve really didn't want to be there.
The valve, the seat, the port all decided it wanted to go home early. Pretty wild for just starting it up in the pits to check the timing before the next run. Nitromethane is no joke
IowaOffRoad
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So this is where the noise was coming from
YotaAtieToo
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The drive shaft thing reminds me of a funny story.
Years ago, buddy bought a 4runner that was chopped off to look like a single cab. He was coming out of the mountains with another buddy and his girlfriend. It only had 2 bucket seats, so she was sitting on a wadded up sleeping bag. He kept asking her to make sure it wasn't falling out. She's like, ya, it's good, dude, I got it.
Going about 40mph, the rear axle locked up
****ing sleeping bag wrapped up so bad it took all the brake, lines, fuel lines and wiring with it.
Years ago, buddy bought a 4runner that was chopped off to look like a single cab. He was coming out of the mountains with another buddy and his girlfriend. It only had 2 bucket seats, so she was sitting on a wadded up sleeping bag. He kept asking her to make sure it wasn't falling out. She's like, ya, it's good, dude, I got it.
Going about 40mph, the rear axle locked up
****ing sleeping bag wrapped up so bad it took all the brake, lines, fuel lines and wiring with it.
gt1guy
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So this is where the noise was coming from
Looks a wee bit dry too.
IowaOffRoad
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Started making noise going to get a pick up six weeks ago. In the dark, in the rain. Noise got worse as I got towards home. About four hours round-trip. Then it sat for six weeks until I drove a 30 miles to all the transfer case. I’m guessing it rubbed a hole through the case going to get the truck dripped dry in the last six weeks.
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Between this and breaking reverse in an unloaded pickup on dirt I'm starting to see a trend.
IowaOffRoad
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Probably. Though this t-case went in the truck 2 years ago with the transmission out of an unknown mileage diesel. I've driven it 3k miles since then. Filled it with new fluid when I installed both. Chain mighta been stretched before I got it.You thinking
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Original T-case went back in last night, it does 4x4 stuff (quietly) again.
IowaOffRoad
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I figured the chain was already stretched, and/or a bearing was going out when I put it in. Should have put in an atlas
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