Driveshaft Trouble :p

[angelic0-]

Noted some vibrations in my trucks driveline about 2 weeks back, thought this might be the U-joints needing lube, greased them up but it didn't help so i thought they were just wearing out (20.000 miles) so i ordered new U joints by mail order and kept on driving....

 

U joints got here by mail today... but this is what happened 3 days ago;

 

[Wingnut]

Holy crap! I bet that had a pucker-factor in the high 9's!

[salden77]

wow viktor that really sucks what do you think caused that to happen?

[Stevens03]

Well I remember not so long ago you put your truck thru it's passes to pull someone out of the mud. A new drive shaft shouldn't be all that hard to find in a salvage yard.

 

Glad to hear nothing else happened.

[Wingnut]

A new drive shaft shouldn't be all that hard to find in a salvage yard.

 

Balderdash! J.B. Weld will make that sucker good as new! I heard it's good to 240 mph too.

[grampadirt]

WTF!! I thought that kind of shit only happened in cartoons.Be sure to save the old u-joints so you can toss 'em at idiot drivers

[Nytemare]

Wheres the duct tape...I can fix it.....I swear....

 

Seriously man...that's some scary shit....but like Steven said...it probably has something to do with pulling that guy out of the muck...Sorry man...all that hard pulling is not exactly good for your truck...I think he owes you a new drive shaft...and whatever is causing your Low Power indication you were talking about in your other post.

[99silveradoz71]

Whew, that could make for a rough ride

[angelic0-]

he's paying for a new driveshaft and he's paying for shop time...

 

i'll be getting my truck back in 100% shape

 

i thought the 14bolt would seize up before the driveshaft though

[Stevens03]

ah.. your truck will be alright... I've seen drive shafts go before. Hard pulling is what these trucks are made for

 

Myth busters tried to flip a car with a busted drive shaft and it was near impossible.

[Nytemare]

ah.. your truck will be alright... I've seen drive shafts go before. Hard pulling is what these trucks are made for

 

Myth busters tried to flip a car with a busted drive shaft and it was near impossible.

That was a good episode

 

Not as good as the exploding cement truck....but good none the less.

[jro909]

should of got a ford.....i'm just kidding lol dodge drive shafts breaking is all i've ever seen before, this is nuts...that sucker will make a nice trophy

[Nytemare]

FORD

they never brake a shaft cause they don't have enough power to crank me off....let alone torque a drive shaft.

 

[angelic0-]

FORD

they never brake a shaft cause they don't have enough power to crank me off....let alone torque a drive shaft.

 

 

 

 

But yes... this one goes in the trophy room

[WaterGuy]

Speaking of drive shafts, I was getting mine balanced at my local shop and a guy brought one in from a tractor trailer to be remade. It seems that the driver got the trailer wheels stuck in a hole. Didn't want to wait on the tow truck. The shaft looked like a coke can twisted in the middle and then pulled apart like come Medieval torture result.