Bent axle

Will · Post by **Will** » Sat May 07, 2016 12:14 pm

A washout, basically a 2' wide ditch, by the time the front axle dropped, it hit the lip on the other side and slammed up against the boogie bumps hard enough to make the back seat flip up and the rubber piece in the little storage spot on the dash above the radio was on the floor.

Will · Post by **Will** » Sat May 07, 2016 12:17 pm

Can you see it? Haha

Will · Post by **Will** » Sat May 07, 2016 12:18 pm

rbpowerwagon · Post by **rbpowerwagon** » Sat May 07, 2016 12:26 pm

That sucks. Are you running boogie bumps?

Will · Post by **Will** » Sat May 07, 2016 12:58 pm

rbpowerwagon · Post by **rbpowerwagon** » Sat May 07, 2016 1:41 pm

Really? Must have been a hell of a hit. Time for a truss!

Will · Post by **Will** » Sat May 07, 2016 2:11 pm

Too late for a truss! Haha

Will · Post by **Will** » Sat May 07, 2016 6:37 pm

trk4sale wrote:About $750.00 for a new housing:
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=c ... =5175274ab

I had to have mine replaced which was bad enough, but after it was all back together I found out my front locker would not lock up. Turns out the bent housing had caused the inner workings of the locker to gall and not move. Had to have the whole thing taken apart again, but was fortunate that the locker was able to be trued up by a machinist otherwise its a whole new centersection.$$$$$!
My axle is trussed now.

Are you 100% positive on that part number? I want to buy a new housing and have it shipped to the shop to truss it and then shipped to me. I'll swap out everything when I get it. I have no choice but to gamble and drive it until then and hope everything holds together.

Will · Post by **Will** » Sat May 07, 2016 8:12 pm

This is the closest thing I can find online without calling a dealer or something.
http://www.buymoparpartsnow.com/dodge/r ... le-housing

Reloaderguy · Post by **Reloaderguy** » Sat May 07, 2016 9:51 pm

That's what I found too.

coder · Post by **coder** » Sat May 07, 2016 11:59 pm

So Will, what did you do to bend the axle?

Will · Post by **Will** » Sun May 08, 2016 7:12 am

The front axle housing, both tubes.

trk4sale · Post by **trk4sale** » Sun May 08, 2016 8:50 am

Will wrote:
trk4sale wrote:About $750.00 for a new housing:
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=c ... =5175274ab

I had to have mine replaced which was bad enough, but after it was all back together I found out my front locker would not lock up. Turns out the bent housing had caused the inner workings of the locker to gall and not move. Had to have the whole thing taken apart again, but was fortunate that the locker was able to be trued up by a machinist otherwise its a whole new centersection.$$$$$!
My axle is trussed now.
Are you 100% positive on that part number? I want to buy a new housing and have it shipped to the shop to truss it and then shipped to me. I'll swap out everything when I get it. I have no choice but to gamble and drive it until then and hope everything holds together.

That's the part# on my invoice, I suppose the difference is my truck is a 2005. Why would it cost twice as much for essentially the same part?

Will · Post by **Will** » Sun May 08, 2016 9:09 am

That part number shows up as the carrier with Tru lock when I look it up.

Black Pearl · Post by **Black Pearl** » Sun May 08, 2016 9:33 am

I have been out of town and no contact for a few days and I just saw your new thread Will. That is a bummer. I thought i did mine also on a speed bump hump thing that was basically a curb. Think I'm all good. That pic of you're rig from the front is painful. One big ol bump straight up sounds a lot better that a 2 ft wide ditch!!!!!!!! Good luck w it. Im going to mercenary off road on my way home from work tomorrow or Tues to talk to Todd about putting my Thuren truss on. Ill ask him about your situation.

Will · Post by **Will** » Sun May 08, 2016 9:33 am

Well I got good news or bad news, the wheels turn much better today meaning whatever was rubbing has cleared itself. I feel better now about driving it until I can find the right housing, it's not leaking gear oil so hopefully the bearings are not stressed and the seals will hold on. I was thinking about pulling both axles and drive shaft, drain oil, plug the tubes to get by for now but I think it'll hold on.

whitey · Post by **whitey** » Sun May 08, 2016 11:53 am

FWIW, East Coast Gear Supply are the go to for axle issue's in NC. Most of their work is getting used axles, loading them with goodies and shipping them out. Cheaper than other resources I've seen.

PWRider · Post by **PWRider** » Sun May 08, 2016 3:25 pm

Will wrote:Well I got good news or bad news, the wheels turn much better today meaning whatever was rubbing has cleared itself. I feel better now about driving it until I can find the right housing, it's not leaking gear oil so hopefully the bearings are not stressed and the seals will hold on. I was thinking about pulling both axles and drive shaft, drain oil, plug the tubes to get by for now but I think it'll hold on.

Well. In my case what cleared were teeth on side gears inside dif.

Will · Post by **Will** » Sun May 08, 2016 7:51 pm

I'd almost sell this mo fo for cheap right now. Getting pissed off that it gave in so easily.

Low_Sky · Post by **Low_Sky** » Sun May 08, 2016 8:13 pm

Will wrote:I'd almost sell this mo fo for cheap right now. Getting pissed off that it gave in so easily.

You did ask it to run through a ditch pretty hard. I remember reading your first post about it, where you were relieved to have survived such a hard hit without major damage. I was thinking it was only a matter of time until you found what you broke. Think of the positives; you found what the limit is, and now you have an opportunity to repair/replace the axle and respect the limit, or get a trussed axle if you're not content with where the limit is.

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Will · Post by **Will** » Sun May 08, 2016 8:50 pm

I know, I just don't see this ending well.

Colibri · Post by **Colibri** » Sun May 08, 2016 8:55 pm

Cheer up Will, seriously, it's not that bad. We've probably all learned a thing or two the hard way. I know I have lol. Shit I broke a trussed front axle. If an ifs rig or a regular solid axle truck without Thuren and boogies would have hit that washout it probably would have been completely fucked. You drove home after a gnarly hit. You should be proud of your girl for keeping it together like that. It sucks to need a front end when you're in the middle of building a house, and I'm sorry this happened but damn, what a beast for getting home under its own power.

RustyPW · Post by **RustyPW** » Sun May 08, 2016 9:08 pm

Will, what you can do to keep you going until you get another axle. Put a jack under the pumkin and start jacking it up. If it looks like the wheels are starting to go back into position. Then weld your axle tubes to the pumkin. This will keep it from chewing up stuff inside the pumkin. I did this on my old '76 cheby.

Will · Post by **Will** » Mon May 09, 2016 6:42 am

Will wrote:I'd almost sell this mo fo for cheap right now. Getting pissed off that it gave in so easily.

I was really frustrated trying to find a new housing. It's not what happened that pissed me off, its the fact I can't secure a new housing, I know it took a hell of a hit and keeps on going. I went to buy a beater to get around Saturday and was planning on stripping this one down and shipping it off. But the truck I was looking at was a project itself so I backed out of that deal.

I want to find a new housing (the right one) and have it delivered to Don or someone to have it trussed and then shipped to me. In the mean time, If the ole girl will hold together, I'm going to go pick up the Scrambler from Georgia next week and haul it down on the trailer. Then I'll have a ride and can deal with it.

Will · Post by **Will** » Mon May 09, 2016 6:48 am

RustyPW wrote:Will, what you can do to keep you going until you get another axle. Put a jack under the pumkin and start jacking it up. If it looks like the wheels are starting to go back into position. Then weld your axle tubes to the pumkin. This will keep it from chewing up stuff inside the pumkin. I did this on my old '76 cheby.

I drove it 18 miles yesterday, stopped, got under it right then and checked for hot spots. The pumpkin was barely warm and the tubes were cool. The outer ends of the pumpkin were cooler than the middle so either the splines have already cleared themselves or something because it felt fine and didn't lead me to believe anything is in a bind. Friday afternoon, when I jacked each wheel up, they had lots of resistance and had a scrubbing sound. Yesterday, it all spun more freely.

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