camshaft bolt broke

[ndn01]

these is what happen, i bought my 06' srt10 qc in April 06',brand new, no mods yet. On Jan 15 07', my wife and i went out for the evening,had a good time, and decided to go home early so when we left the club, the road we were on was being repaved and that left the sewer access/manhole enterance higher than normal because of the removal of asphalt around the cover. we stop at the light just before the on ramp that we needed to enter,and accelerated when the light went green, up to 35mph and we hit the the sewer access with left front tire,it gave us a small jolt,and then we heard a short grinding noise and the truck shut off. we rolled to a stop on the on ramp , i put the truck in park and tried to start it but it would just turn but not start,like the timing chain broke or bad coils, anyway to make it shorter ,dealership said camshaft bolt is broken or snapped off. these happen at 6565mi. they pulled the motor and shipped to Viper headquarters for repair.about 45 days later i got the truck back. has anyone else experience anything like these?:dontknow:

 

[Prof]

Don't think that I have heard of that problem before. Did Arrow do the repair on your truck?

This might just have been a freak accident...did the dealer say anything about a motor mount being broken too?

 

[Silverback]

That's a new one on me.

 

[RedSrt007]

welcome to the forum...wow, not something common on the 06 from what people have posted.

Sorry man....

 

[TheMoparConnection]

haven't seen that either. sounds like a freak thing

 

[dragon]

oh ya the good ole man hole breaks the cam bolt deal......nope never heard of this one.

 

[ntw0rk]

Tough luck...

Hope it goes better now that you got it back!!:burnout:

 

[mauiSRT/10]

Thats definatly a new one. Everything ok now that you got the truck back?


patrick

 

[Bone]

Usually, it has something to do with the camshaft bolt with the wrong torque (not enough) or the bolt had been torque too high and the bolt is being stretched, which both will cause looseness (which isn't good in vehicles) This improper assembly can stress the bolt, causing the head to break off. The misalignment also causes destructive imbalance. The imbalance can break the crankshaft.

Yours being an 06 sounds strange and unique however.

Comp Cam install instructions
http://www.compcams.com/Technical/Instructions/Files/145.pdf​

 

[ndn01]

i am not sure who did the actual repair or where. no,the engine mounts did not break. the jolt was more of an upward motion, like driving thru a small pot hole at 35mph but in an upward motion. could not believe it took that small of a hit to break a camshaft bolt. of course truth is stranger than fiction.maybe a bad grade bolt,stressed,or over torqued. but thanks for the replies. KEEP ON TRUCKIN