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05-05-2015, 02:16 AM
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In the Forgotten far North.
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
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At first i thought i'd lost a wheel..........
On my way to work on the 1st of May, I had to stop at a 4 way intersection in a not too particularly safe part of town less than 5 blocks from work.
As I lifted my foot off the whoa pedal and started to press on the go pedal, the rear end started to buck and shake..... then... the right rear dropped... with a very hard THUNK!!! I had been brought to a dead stop in the middle of the intersection. I got out to see what the frack happened and saw this.......
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05-05-2015, 02:21 AM
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In the Forgotten far North.
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Re: At first i thought i'd lost a wheel..........
Needless to say what had happened is during the winter the rear end developed a leak and the right rear wheel bearing finally seized up on me and snapped the axle. So it now sits with the rear end on a jack stand looking like something old man Howard Stark was trying to create....
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05-05-2015, 02:29 AM
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In the Forgotten far North.
Join Date: Jul 2007
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Re: At first i thought i'd lost a wheel..........
I hadn't noticed the leak because I go to work in the dark and come home in the dark and never noticed the oil puddles until way, way, way, too late.
And I never walked around the right rear of my ride before then either. It bent the hell outa my disc brake conversion caliper mount and snapped the caliper mount bolts clean off. the only thing keeping the wheel attached to the truck was the braided steel brake hose.
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05-05-2015, 06:56 AM
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Rochester NY
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Re: At first i thought i'd lost a wheel..........
Wow, good thing no one was hurt. That's a good SS brake line!hahahah What's the plan, swap axle or the whole housing?
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05-05-2015, 09:02 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Kimberley, BC, Canada
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Re: At first i thought i'd lost a wheel..........
Woah! Good thing that broke at walking speed.
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05-05-2015, 09:07 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Baytown TX
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Re: At first i thought i'd lost a wheel..........
I saw a vid a couple of days ago where a burb on the interstate lost a rear wheel...it did a couple of 360's, tapped a car then hit the wall. You got lucky.
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05-05-2015, 10:04 AM
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In the Forgotten far North.
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Re: At first i thought i'd lost a wheel..........
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05-05-2015, 10:09 AM
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In the Forgotten far North.
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Re: At first i thought i'd lost a wheel..........
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05-05-2015, 10:29 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: clifton tx
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Re: At first i thought i'd lost a wheel..........
need more info on disk brake swap
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05-05-2015, 10:37 AM
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Re: At first i thought i'd lost a wheel..........
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