Blew my driveshaft in half

[McBroom]

I’m dying right now. Some peeps go crazy when people tow over max capacities of their truck and act like we will die. Then you’re out there on a highway at 135mph with parts flying off truck. I see the humor in this. Even if you don’t lol

^^^what he said^^^Lmfaorif


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[hemi_hawk]

I'm glad he blew up his drive shaft. I've learned a lot.

I always thought a RCSB 2WD would be like a Challenger with a bed, so to speak. But nooooo!

+150, huh? That's Viper Truck territory.

Ya no **** i am definitely looking into getting one

 

[BWL]

Would a 2017 have the same shaft. My 11 driveshaft looks a lot smaller diameter than the one in my 17. What year did they change them? The one you have pieces of looks like the larger diameter one.

 

[Wild one]

Would a 2017 have the same shaft. My 11 driveshaft looks a lot smaller diameter than the one in my 17. What year did they change them? The one you have pieces of looks like the larger diameter one.

It's only the 2 wheel drive regular cab shortbox trucks with the 8 speed transmission that have the driveshaft problems BWL. 4X4 regular cab shortboxes and the longer QC/CC trucks are all okay.

 

[Hemi450hp]

This has been a known issue with the 8sp regular cab 2wd trucks for years. As Gary said, on the stock tires, it will let go at 130mph, and on a 28" slick/radial, it lets go at around 110mph. You either need to keep it below those speeds, step down to a 3.21/3.55 gear, or get a built driveshaft made to handle that rpm. The Driveshaft Shop is the only company currently offering an upgraded driveshaft for these trucks. When I lost my driveshaft at the track, I tried calling numerous local shops, and many others outside of the state with no luck finding anyone capable or willing to make 1 for the 8sp except for DSS. I went with the Carbon Fiber unit.

 

[Gary's Hemi]

Matt, do you think running the new 30" MT dr's w/ 3.92 on a bolt on truck is still pushing it. I normally trap 105-107. The new MT is 2" taller so that should push that point up a few mph. Not much but a few

 

[Hemi450hp]

Matt, do you think running the new 30" MT dr's w/ 3.92 on a bolt on truck is still pushing it. I normally trap 105-107. The new MT is 2" taller so that should push that point up a few mph. Not much but a few

You would be good. Mine snapped at 110mph with a 28" tire. If you do the math on a Critical Speed calculator, you should be good to 118mph on a 30" Tire.

 

[RLJ10X]

The Carbon Fiber driveshafts are a bit pricey. But, in addition to being a lot stronger, they're also a lot lighter. Also, if you get a CF DS before having to pay a tow truck, because you blew the stocker, it's not that bad of a price!

If I was wanting to go fast in a RCSB, a Carbon Fiber driveshaft would be one of the first things on my list.

 

[fljab]

The Driveshaft Shop webpage keeps coming up with an error. I went on to their FB page and tried to send them a message, but it comes up as an error too. Just thought I'd mention it.

I have been reading and soaking up all the info for my RCSB truck to get a parts plan/mod list for when it comes off warranty. I would like to take it to the track maybe for some 1/4 mile fun. This is another item for "the list"! I'm glad I started with a Tradesman....

 

[Wild one]

Matt, do you think running the new 30" MT dr's w/ 3.92 on a bolt on truck is still pushing it. I normally trap 105-107. The new MT is 2" taller so that should push that point up a few mph. Not much but a few

Gary get ahold of Steven Cooper on Nadodge,he's running the new 30" Mickeys on his nitroused 2015 R/T.He's also running an aftermarket driveshaft in his,that's a bit different then DSS's driveshaft.If you haven't talked to him,might be worth looking him up.

 

[hemi_hawk]

This has been a known issue with the 8sp regular cab 2wd trucks for years. As Gary said, on the stock tires, it will let go at 130mph, and on a 28" slick/radial, it lets go at around 110mph. You either need to keep it below those speeds, step down to a 3.21/3.55 gear, or get a built driveshaft made to handle that rpm. The Driveshaft Shop is the only company currently offering an upgraded driveshaft for these trucks. When I lost my driveshaft at the track, I tried calling numerous local shops, and many others outside of the state with no luck finding anyone capable or willing to make 1 for the 8sp except for DSS. I went with the Carbon Fiber unit.

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Thanks for the heads up

 

[sandawilliams]

This is all I could find on the highway

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Your lucky I wasn't on the road with you. Also in many states doing a certain MPH over the speed limit is a felony.

https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/csp/report-aggressive-driver

 

[rocket]

This is all I could find on the highway

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Now THAT is funny

 

[Sportznut]

Cool story ... next time I’ll just get a smart car

Nah...better make it a Ford Focus. [emoji2][emoji1][emoji28]

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[Twodogs10mm]

I do and I don’t if you seem the cars behind me scatter when my shot blew all over lol that’s funny.

The fact my rt truck was shamed... not so funny, hence why I am thinking viper truck

I call BS if you were really doing 131 mph there would not be any cars behind you.

 

[KansasBob]

I’m dying right now. Some peeps go crazy when people tow over max capacities of their truck and act like we will die. Then you’re out there on a highway at 135mph with parts flying off truck. I see the humor in this. Even if you don’t lol

Hilarious! It's not the truck's fault......... It will do what it's built to do all day long. When you build a "Hot Rod" it's always a process of addressing the weakest link to keep it running. Clearly the driveshaft needed upgraded to run that kind of MPH. Going fast isn't cheap................

 

[tomb]

Go to the track if you are going to drive like an a-hole-RAMS are fast enough when stock-it doesn't mean you have to push it to the max on a public highway-and if you want to test aftermarket parts,then please don't put innocent drivers and their passengers life at risk and take your truck to the TRACK!!!

 

[Ramnewbie]

Cool story ... next time I’ll just get a smart car

We can only hope the car rubs off on the owner.

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[Gary's Hemi]

Yall would loose yalls minds if yall read about all the yahoos tearing up their driveshafts on the Ram FB pages. Lol You read almost daily about "BRO I did 130 then this happened.....BRO WTF". Hell there was 2 or 3 of those post on Facebook just today alone. They dont seem to learn the 8 speed rc has a ds issue. Lol Other peoples children....

 

[Ramnewbie]

Yall would loose yalls minds if yall read about all the yahoos tearing up their driveshafts on the Ram FB pages. Lol You read almost daily about "BRO I did 130 then this happened.....BRO WTF". Hell there was 2 or 3 of those post on Facebook just today alone. They dont seem to learn the 8 speed rc has a ds issue. Lol Other peoples children....

How to they know they were doing 130? Is that their pipe dream? Speedo only goes to 120.

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