Irishman999
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- Joined
- Jul 30, 2010
- Posts
- 6,989
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- Location
- Safford Arizona
- First Name
- Jason
- Truck Year
- 1985
- Truck Model
- K-1500 High Sierra
- Engine Size
- 305
So I have a co worker that just got hired on so he's looking at about a month before he gets a paycheck. The guy just moved from far away and its his only ride to work so I could tell he was stressing out about his truck. I did not want to see him get bent over by a local garage so I figured I would try to help him out since I got a few days off.
So the details are, its an 03 Dodge 3500 4x4. He said it was squealing and he thought it was brakes so he did a quickie brake job on it which I think means he stuck some new pads in the calipers. I looked at it after work and could see some twisted up metal stuff coming from around where the inner hub seal was. I told him to follow me about a mile to my in laws house, when he pulled into the drive way the son of a bitch was damn near on fire and the tire wheel assembly looked like it was about to fall off. It pulled the inner axle out from the differential about an inch.
My main question is, will this axle have a similar design with spanner nuts holding the hub on? With the amount of damage thats already happened is it possible to pull off the hubs and put new bearings+ races in the hub and get him on the road again? If it does have spanner nuts will my the socket I have for my K1500 fit the spanner nuts?
Thanks for looking dudes!
So the details are, its an 03 Dodge 3500 4x4. He said it was squealing and he thought it was brakes so he did a quickie brake job on it which I think means he stuck some new pads in the calipers. I looked at it after work and could see some twisted up metal stuff coming from around where the inner hub seal was. I told him to follow me about a mile to my in laws house, when he pulled into the drive way the son of a bitch was damn near on fire and the tire wheel assembly looked like it was about to fall off. It pulled the inner axle out from the differential about an inch.
My main question is, will this axle have a similar design with spanner nuts holding the hub on? With the amount of damage thats already happened is it possible to pull off the hubs and put new bearings+ races in the hub and get him on the road again? If it does have spanner nuts will my the socket I have for my K1500 fit the spanner nuts?
Thanks for looking dudes!
