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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Port Alberni British Columbia
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rear tire wanted to go faster than truck
On my way to work yesterday at 4:30 in the morning I'm doing 55 down the highway and suddenly instant sparkshow and rear driver tire (axle and all) decide it wants to get ahead of my truck.Hitch a ride home and steal the wifes car,after calling a tow truck.I was gone 3 days and come back to this(see pics)I'm wondering if the damage to the axle shaft is repairable or to try and scab one up from a junker.On top of it all my tire(1 week old) and axle,hubcap,brake drum are down a 150 foot embankment that I'm told ends at a big cliff.
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pics of damage
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This is a good opportunity to go to a 14 bolt rear. In Either case, This looks like it could be fixed, but would likely be easier to replace the whole axle assembly, whether you go original or newer axle.
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Saving 1 truck at a time!
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Kent, WA
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Beautiful country up there! I think I would take a hike and find my new tire! Go with a used rearend from the bone yard!
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Wow...Hopefully you can get 'er fixed and back on the road...
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I think I'd be hunting that tire down as well and find another rear axle assembly.
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Wow, I bet that was some kind of a "wake-up!" Glad no one was hurt. Good Luck getting her fixed up and back on the road.
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Happy to here the tire was went down the embankment, and not you and your truck.
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Location: Des Moines WA. (Kent, area)
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find somone with a winch and hook it to the tire. At least that way you won't have to carry it up the hill.
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Port Alberni British Columbia
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update on rear tire leaving
went back to where I thought the tire might be and after only 30 or so minutes found it only 200 hundred feet or so down the bank on the edge of a creek! My friend and I wrestled it up the hill in only 5 min.Looks like the tabs on the spacer to bend over the nut so it cant back off broke? wore off?It looks like it was moving around in there for awhile.I've been trying to bang the end of the axle back into round putting a chunk of wood on it 1st as not to **** up the threads.I'm pretty close to getting the nut back on......at least I think so.I've got a 1980 3\4 ton and maybe I should just be stealing the rear out of it?any advice out there?
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When the tow truck driver came to get the money the next day he old my wife he almost lost it down the bank as it started rolling as he was hooking it up.I think in my haste to get out of there i forgot to put her in park.He told her he held on to it until he could get it down again.good thing my wife said he's a pretty big dude lol.
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just can't cover up my redneck
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Columbus OH
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The arrow in the picture below will show why it came apart. There is supposed to be a tab (key) where that little bump is. That keeps the nuts from rotating. The "bend over" tab keeps the outer nut from loosening but not the whole assembly. It came off because the driver's side rotation naturally turns the nut left. It can probably be fixed with a new spindle, nut set and axle.
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just can't cover up my redneck
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Columbus OH
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als70chevy4x4,
have you made any headway with this? |
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Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
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I take it that is a Dana 60?
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
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I'm with Dean on the D60 guess. My dad's 72 C20 decided to chuck the passenger's side axleshaft and wheel/tire assembly while he was motoring down the road. He left a 150ft long groove in the road. He said he watched the whole thing fly past his window, off the road and watched the axle shaft hit a tree and bounce off. Believe it or not the axleshaft was undamaged and the same D60 is still in the rear of the truck and working fine. Those are some tough axles!!!!
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By the looks in the first set of pics it looks to me like the spindle is cracked thru the groove. You could swap in the 14 bolt or look for another 60 housing.
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