I dont know what to say (rant. . . again)
#1
I dont know what to say (rant. . . again)
Here I am with another story about what could have been a very ugly situation.
Tuesday September 5th 2006:
I get up for work and naturally am going to drive my car. Recently my passenger side wheel bearing has been very audible and an alarming about of vibrations can be felt at times. I drove my car and for the first 5mins of driving all felt normal.
I was approaching traffic, slowed down from about 35mph to about 10mph and hear a thunk/clunk and a whole lot of scraping. *****, I figure I might as well go back home and switch cars. I go to make a u-turn and the brakes turned their back on me. I downshift to slow the car down plus use the e-brake. I pull off to a side street, and examine thru and around the spokes to see nothing. I decide screw towing the car, I'll turtle her home. Hazards on and 3rd gear at 26mph got me home in about 15 mintues. I park my car and jump in the beater (Champage Coolie) and head to work.
I get home after work and examine the car only to find a delightful surprise.
Tuesday September 5th 2006:
I get up for work and naturally am going to drive my car. Recently my passenger side wheel bearing has been very audible and an alarming about of vibrations can be felt at times. I drove my car and for the first 5mins of driving all felt normal.
I was approaching traffic, slowed down from about 35mph to about 10mph and hear a thunk/clunk and a whole lot of scraping. *****, I figure I might as well go back home and switch cars. I go to make a u-turn and the brakes turned their back on me. I downshift to slow the car down plus use the e-brake. I pull off to a side street, and examine thru and around the spokes to see nothing. I decide screw towing the car, I'll turtle her home. Hazards on and 3rd gear at 26mph got me home in about 15 mintues. I park my car and jump in the beater (Champage Coolie) and head to work.
I get home after work and examine the car only to find a delightful surprise.
#2
That is exactly how the axle was seated I didnt start to remove it yet.
Both my axles are Raxles, so I'll give good ole Marty a call in the morning and see about a replacement.
I'm still shocked I snapped the Mother F**kin End of the AXLE!
just sharing another fun time with the Maxima
#8
I dont know how that was able to snap into two pieces like that but since nothing was holding the axle it was slowly sliding out with each turn. Luckily I wasnt too far from home but If I drove it longer and made more turns, I be you the axle would have sliped out of the spindle, slapped up parts in that area (it would still be spinning from the tranny) and only one wheel drive on the other side.
#10
Spoke to Mardy at Raxles and I just informed him of what happened and he immediately said another one is one they way. Damn those guys are good, Love that customer service.
I did use some seafoam yesterday, it probably cleaned up a lot of carbon deposits and gave better air flow. Which inadvertingly probably raised my compression ratio so I was putting down more power than normal
Originally Posted by crazy97
Looks like too much torque from the 3.0 Unplug 3 of your coils, that should keep this from happening again. Just kidding! That sucks, I hope that doesn't happen to me.
I did use some seafoam yesterday, it probably cleaned up a lot of carbon deposits and gave better air flow. Which inadvertingly probably raised my compression ratio so I was putting down more power than normal
#12
As was I.
The good thing about this situation is it will make me spend the next few days focusing on my car which I needed, so while the new one is on the way, time to drop the tranny and pull out the old...
The good thing about this situation is it will make me spend the next few days focusing on my car which I needed, so while the new one is on the way, time to drop the tranny and pull out the old...
#14
Wow. I guess a wheel bearing going out can have some pretty bad effects. Im going to take a wild guess here, but what I think happened was the wheel bearing went out then ground down the hub so much it was placing all the weight on that part of the axle unevenly. That plus the added friction probably cause it to snap.
#15
Originally Posted by Fr33way™
Hopefully all your luck hasn't run out, it's just shifted to the 3.5 swap where it will be nice to have
Originally Posted by Dubbya
Wow. I guess a wheel bearing going out can have some pretty bad effects. Im going to take a wild guess here, but what I think happened was the wheel bearing went out then ground down the hub so much it was placing all the weight on that part of the axle unevenly. That plus the added friction probably cause it to snap.
#16
ok i dont think that the bearing caused that to happen... those axles are tuff.. i did my buddies axles this weekend.. the bolt siezed i broke 3... 1/2 inch drive craftsman ratchets... then that didnt work so i cut axle nut in half with a grinder..... that is some crazy **** though man i have no explanation how it broke man
#17
Originally Posted by f550maranello2
ok i dont think that the bearing caused that to happen... those axles are tuff.. i did my buddies axles this weekend.. the bolt siezed i broke 3... 1/2 inch drive craftsman ratchets... then that didnt work so i cut axle nut in half with a grinder..... that is some crazy **** though man i have no explanation how it broke man
#18
WOW. I had what I think was a bearing issue a few weeks back(loosened with Channel Lock pliers), but I tightened it properly. I haven't heard any noises since, but I DO have a clunk that is intermittent from that general area. May have to change those out REAL quick.....
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