Johnnymac2k6
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- Ram Year
- 2007 Ram 1500
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- 5.7 Hemi
Alright guys...here's my current dilemma. Its long, i'm sorry...
I had a business trip 3 ours from home. Ended up taking my truck. Suspension is stock minus a 2 inch level in the front. Always ran/drove smooth.
ya'll all may remember i was in a minor non-fault accident about 5 months ago where truck was repaired.
so 1/3 of the way through my business trip, and a dog runs out on the freeway. i stand on the brakes...,ABS pulses... miss dog...continue on my way.
make it 5 miles and something starts GRINDING in the front end...i liken it to a BAD wheel bearing...or a CV joint is GONE... So i pull over. check my axles, wheels...nothing sticking out at me, put it in 4wd, tromp on it in the parking lot, noise goes away...
think MAYBE i just had a rock, or ice in a caliper or something.
i drive another 1.5 hours. going 70...all of a sudden...the ass end whips around, i do a 360, somehow keep it off the wall, and out of other traffic. seemed like a front wheel locked solid...or maybe even the rear...IDK what caused it to happen, i was luckily to be alive. So i skid to the side of the road, expecting i'm missing a wheel...it makes the same GRINDING noise all the way to the shoulder.
I get out...wheels straight...no obvious damage... so i put down the shoulder, Still GRINDING... make it to a rest top.
I back up, pull forward, grinding stops. So i call a tow truck, get it to a dealer.
They can't find ANYTHING WRONG...ZERO...
Here are my thoughts..
1. the used axle or stub that the truck got from the insurance repair 5 months ago gave out, and locked up a wheel.
2. the front or rear ring gear lost a ring tooth, or C Clip...and ended up jamming the gear, and then dropped in the bottom of the pumpkin
The dealership claims NEITHER...they flushed the pumpkins, checked the axles... they want to test drive it again tomorrow morning, and send me on my way. i'm 3 hours from home... i fell its a death sentence.
this thing didn't magically grind after i stood on the brakes...then lock up and spin me, and then make the same noise...and then magically fix itself...
I am up a creek...3 hours from home, with a chrysler dealership telling me i'm ok to go...
thoughts, help, suggestions, every heard of anything like this???
I had a business trip 3 ours from home. Ended up taking my truck. Suspension is stock minus a 2 inch level in the front. Always ran/drove smooth.
ya'll all may remember i was in a minor non-fault accident about 5 months ago where truck was repaired.
so 1/3 of the way through my business trip, and a dog runs out on the freeway. i stand on the brakes...,ABS pulses... miss dog...continue on my way.
make it 5 miles and something starts GRINDING in the front end...i liken it to a BAD wheel bearing...or a CV joint is GONE... So i pull over. check my axles, wheels...nothing sticking out at me, put it in 4wd, tromp on it in the parking lot, noise goes away...
think MAYBE i just had a rock, or ice in a caliper or something.
i drive another 1.5 hours. going 70...all of a sudden...the ass end whips around, i do a 360, somehow keep it off the wall, and out of other traffic. seemed like a front wheel locked solid...or maybe even the rear...IDK what caused it to happen, i was luckily to be alive. So i skid to the side of the road, expecting i'm missing a wheel...it makes the same GRINDING noise all the way to the shoulder.
I get out...wheels straight...no obvious damage... so i put down the shoulder, Still GRINDING... make it to a rest top.
I back up, pull forward, grinding stops. So i call a tow truck, get it to a dealer.
They can't find ANYTHING WRONG...ZERO...
Here are my thoughts..
1. the used axle or stub that the truck got from the insurance repair 5 months ago gave out, and locked up a wheel.
2. the front or rear ring gear lost a ring tooth, or C Clip...and ended up jamming the gear, and then dropped in the bottom of the pumpkin
The dealership claims NEITHER...they flushed the pumpkins, checked the axles... they want to test drive it again tomorrow morning, and send me on my way. i'm 3 hours from home... i fell its a death sentence.
this thing didn't magically grind after i stood on the brakes...then lock up and spin me, and then make the same noise...and then magically fix itself...
I am up a creek...3 hours from home, with a chrysler dealership telling me i'm ok to go...
thoughts, help, suggestions, every heard of anything like this???