Pics of my rear

[John Stuttle]

Well I pulled the truck into the garage this morning and took the cover off the rear end. Here are the results.

I ordered a new Detriot locker with 4:88's this morning and will hopefully be installing them next weekend!

 

[VPRPWR]

they're making detroit lockers for c-clip axles now? Or are you changing out the axles too?

 

[Texas Yellow Fever]

Well I pulled the truck into the garage this morning and took the cover off the rear end. Here are the results.

I ordered a new Detriot locker with 4:88's this morning and will hopefully be installing them next weekend!

Yep, it's broke alright...here's a question that will show my stupidity...will the locker delete the c-clips or is that a different project?:dontknow:

 

[Kevan]

Ouch Town. Population: You.

Not even Shania's dentist could fix those teeth.

Sorry man.
Good luck with the new locker!

 

[Hamrhead]

Pretty much speaks for itself.

Well, Congrats I guess?:dontknow: You're the first I know of that grenaded the diff!:rock:

Hopefully the locker will be able to take the abuse.

 

[fun2xlr8]

Hey John....those gears come with a line lock shipped in the same box?

Greg

 

[viprtek]

ouch!

 

[Dave T(BADVENM)]

i'd trade a busted rod and engine for a broken tranny

 

[mauiSRT/10]

You must have one of those "factory freak" engines that makes too much power!!!! LOL

4.88's here we come!! Cool!

patrick

 

[Fast one]

I was almost afraid to look! I hope your new rear end is better.

 

[LitemUp]

I was at the dealer today changing my blown subwoofer and I saw a QC that they had just replaced the rear end as well and was going on a test drive. I asked the tech how it happened he told me that since the truck was lowered that the drive shaft was not at the correct angle and destroyed the bearings in the rear end.

Does this sound right to you guys?

 

[Stingray]

I was at the dealer today changing my blown subwoofer and I saw a QC that they had just replaced the rear end as well and was going on a test drive. I asked the tech how it happened he told me that since the truck was lowered that the drive shaft was not at the correct angle and destroyed the bearings in the rear end.

Does this sound right to you guys?

Was that a SRT-10 or a regular Ram? And no that doesn't sound right. The engineers on this forum can correct me if I am wrong but having an incorrect driveshaft angle can cause U-joint failure and vibration (usually a launch shudder).

 

[Begood]

You can get a Detroit locker machined for "C" clip axles.

Bill.

 

[Marc T]

I was at the dealer today changing my blown subwoofer and I saw a QC that they had just replaced the rear end as well and was going on a test drive. I asked the tech how it happened he told me that since the truck was lowered that the drive shaft was not at the correct angle and destroyed the bearings in the rear end.

Does this sound right to you guys?

You would think that if the bearings were going you would have heard it and done something before it did anything to the gears??

Question?

Can power braking cause the rear end to go prematurely??

 

[Stingray]

Question?

Can power braking cause the rear end to go prematurely??

If the rear end is hopping or one tire spinning faster than the other then yes (I assume you meant during a burnout).

 

[JTS VENOM PERFORMANCE]

Ray is correct it would have to be at a severe angle to do that, and it would probabley take out the u joints first anyway.

 

[Fast one]

That's good to hear. Boomer's lowering kit arrives Monday!

 

[Silverback]

Was that a SRT-10 or a regular Ram? And no that doesn't sound right. The engineers on this forum can correct me if I am wrong but having an incorrect driveshaft angle can cause U-joint failure and vibration (usually a launch shudder).

The answer to this is yes, no, kinda sorta, maybe,...... well you get the idea.

The angle of the pinion shaft and transmission tail shaft need to be at the same angle. They can be at different heights, but the angle needs to be the same. As long as they are at the same angle, the drive shaft is spinning around the centerline of the shaft. If they are at different angles the driveshaft is attempting to spin around a centerline that is not common to the driveshaft centerline. In other words its attempting to orbit that imaginary centerline.

This will cause vibrations and can cause the bearings to fail as the they are being subjected to high loads off center to the shaft centerline.

The other thing that can happen is sometimes when individuals revise their driveline geometry, the pinion shaft is tilted at an upward angle and the grease from the rearend no longer reaches the bearing causing it to fail.

Hope that helps.

 

[BOOMER]

The answer to this is yes, no, kinda sorta, maybe,...... well you get the idea.

The angle of the pinion shaft and transmission tail shaft need to be at the same angle. They can be at different heights, but the angle needs to be the same. As long as they are at the same angle, the drive shaft is spinning around the centerline of the shaft. If they are at different angles the driveshaft is attempting to spin around a centerline that is not common to the driveshaft centerline. In other words its attempting to orbit that imaginary centerline.

This will cause vibrations and can cause the bearings to fail as the they are being subjected to high loads off center to the shaft centerline.

The other thing that can happen is sometimes when individuals revise their driveline geometry, the pinion shaft is tilted at an upward angle and the grease from the rearend no longer reaches the bearing causing it to fail.

Hope that helps.

yep what my hairy friend just said. you want the face of the rear diff to point about 3 degrees down. sometimes the qc;s need to have the carier bearing mount adjusted when its lowred