Front drive shaft failure ?
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phonegenius06
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- 5.7 hemi
Lots of people have. It's due to NOT greasing the front cardan joint. There is a sticker under the hood.
PaulTGarrett
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Mine didn't "fail" but was wobbling pretty bad around 150,000... Dealer wanted $1100 to "fix" it... I pulled it and took it to a local driveshaft shop... They replaced all three U-Joints with grease-able units (Spicer, I believe). The CV pin was toast so they had to replace it, again with a grease-able unit. Balanced the shaft, painted it... $385 out the door... Drive shaft was in the shop for a week just because I couldn't pick it up as soon as they were finished...
I also replaced the T-40 round head bolts on the axle end with grade 8 cap-head hex bolts and replaced the transfer case end with new grade 8 bolts. Trust me, if you wrench on your own vehicle, you'll want to get rid of those Torx bolts on the axle end...
All up just shy of $400 and a couple hours of work.
I also replaced the T-40 round head bolts on the axle end with grade 8 cap-head hex bolts and replaced the transfer case end with new grade 8 bolts. Trust me, if you wrench on your own vehicle, you'll want to get rid of those Torx bolts on the axle end...
All up just shy of $400 and a couple hours of work.
spence36
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It so crazy how would it wear out dealer didn’t really have a reason good new is even though it’s outta warranty they only mad me pay $400 so that was nice and really didn’t have to push the issue. Had a with the screw up about 3 yrs ago and there mechanics didn’t put on something right on the egr ? I made it about 15 miles on way to work and My truck was blowing white smoke on the freeway like crazy like a james bond movie lol pulled off all coolant gone put two gallons in and limped back basically cooked my motor I was so pissed off fumimg mad ,, they called me and said basically ya need a new top end etc they were gonna do the work and pay for it and that it would take 2weeks !!!! So pissed off went there the next day and went to look at it and they had the same idiot who screwed it up working on it !, I immediately called Cummins luckily there’s a service center about 30 miles away they told me Bring it here Don’t let them FNNNG touch it. made them take it there and have it built right and and they did thank god plus gave 2yr extra motor warranty ..
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