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03-11-2011, 12:15 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Calgary
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|  Ever have one of those days?
Have you ever had one of those days, your driving along minding your own business when suddenly you notice something just not right? There I was coming up to an intersection starting to slow down when suddenly "bang" and I watch my tire continue down the road. I'm watching this 65lbs. of alum. and rubber bounce down the road going faster and faster. It hit's a curb and flys 15+ feet into the air then continues to bounce through the intersection missing cars then heads towards the main window of an EMS station. It ended up missing it and stopping in their parking lot. A truck driver was nice enough to load it up and bring it back to me. It was about 200yards from where my truck came to a rest. It took me about 60yards to finally come to a stop. Don't believe me, enjoy the pics  .     Thank god I didn't have my daughter with me and no one got hurt or killed. This could have turned out a lot worse if the tire had struck a car. Worst part was I didn't make it to LHS  . I'm only making jokes now because my nerves have finally settled and I know no one was hurt/killed.Oh well, heading to Texas in two days so I hope to forget about this for the next ten days. Last edited by Jester666; 03-11-2011 at 12:48 AM. |
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03-11-2011, 12:19 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: So. Cal
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Shitty dude! Had it happen to me before. Luckily it was a 68 VW bug Scary shit none the less. Glad everything turned our OK.
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03-11-2011, 12:26 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: tipton
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Dang i woulda poop'd my pants lol Atleast your ok though |
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03-11-2011, 12:56 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: We-Go, Chi-Town, Ill
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Dad has had that happen a couple times with "highrail" pickup trucks, never sounded like a fun experience......now I just have to remember to check the right rear on my XJ before leaving for work tomorrow now.......
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03-11-2011, 05:43 AM
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| Colt Python/SR9c  Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: out in the shop, reloading ammo!
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Only time I ever had that happen was back in my lowrider days...Went to hit 3 wheel around a corner and shredded the every thread on the lugs and watched my rear tire go flying past..It does suck, but funnier than hell watching me drive home in reverse 3 wheel Glad it wasn't worse for ya... |
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03-11-2011, 07:10 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, TX
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03-11-2011, 07:41 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Sumter
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I had something similar happen on the way home from a wheeling trip 2 years ago. I was in my 93 YJ with waggy D44s. I'd had a wheel seal start leaking just before the trip (2 hours one way plus wheeling) but didn't think much of it since it was so slow. We had a blast wheeling all day with no issues and nothing getting worse. On the way home we stopped for fuel and when I got out there was smoke coming from my right rear wheel well. If you've ever smelled burnt gear oil you know what you've got going on real quick. So I filled up and proceeded to pull it over to a side lot and check some things. I didn't have any excessive play anywhere so I decided that the burning oil was simply from it getting in the brake drum and went on my way. About 25 miles down the road as we are driving into a small town on a two lane road and the speed limit drops from 55 to 35 my wife gives the "be careful...there might be cops" speech so I begin coasting and then BAM! The right rear drops and I look up to see my 37" swamper, steel whee, and 30 spline D44 shaft tumbling down the road in the dark! I get the Jeep pulled over and tell my wife to grab the flashlight cuz we gotta find the tire before someone hits it. We found it a good 100-120 feet from where I slid to a stop in a construction lot in front of a bulldozer that was parked facing the same direction we were traveling... When I saw that thing pass me all I could think about was it impaling a car and driver coming the other direction! Come to find out that whoever installed the bearings before I got the axle had put that side on backwards. This is the style with the seal, bearing and race, and retainer ring that press on to the shaft. They had installed it with the bearing facing the wrong direction. This was causing the gear oil to pile up behind it and get forced out of the seal as well as encouraging the shaft to want to walk out of the housing. This thing rode on the retainer plate for so long that it pulled the retainer ring off and then when it finally came out of the axle it left a spiral design down the length of the shaft! |
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03-11-2011, 08:01 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, TX
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03-11-2011, 08:08 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Sumter
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It's not pleasant.
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03-11-2011, 08:37 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: union
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Rotors look new. Did someone forget to tighten the lugs? Glad everyone is ok.
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03-11-2011, 09:06 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Canada, eh.
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Shitty luck my friend. Glad you're ok though, and nobody got hurt! Hope the damage was minimal!
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03-11-2011, 10:37 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Sumter
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03-11-2011, 10:37 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Nor Cal
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Did you just forget to retourqe your lug nuts, or do you have any enemy that may have loosened them up for you? Glad nobody was hurt |
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03-11-2011, 10:44 AM
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| R.I.P. Chip   Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: The Crawler State
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A lady locally was just killed when a set of duals off a semi came off on the freeway and hit her car head on. He husband was in the car behind her and saw the whole thing happen.
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03-11-2011, 11:37 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: The Lone Star State
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Glad it all turned out okay with you loose wheel. My dad was killed by a wheel that came off a travel trailer he was following. The wheel went into on coming traffic and bounced off the front of a car and took off like a rocket ship and when through the cab of his truck killing him in the process. |
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03-11-2011, 11:52 AM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Milwaukie OR
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On my back from our Nat qualifier, a buddy's Dodge lost a back wheel on the HWY, while he was towing his toy hauler, with his samurai in it and his wife and kids in the truck. He had to stop the truck, with the trailer brakes. I came up on it, when he was on the side of the road. They were super scared. They're lucky he was able to safely stop the truck, because it was on a 4 lane hwy, riding a ledge on the side of a hill. And someone is lucky they werent coming in the opposite lane, and didnt get his 35 in their lap. I will have to find a pic. Pretty scary stuff, losing a wheel while driving...
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03-11-2011, 06:44 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Etowah
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That must be a Dodge "thing" . I had a front wheel come loose on going down the interstate. Luckily I pulled off and found it before it came off while running 70+
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03-11-2011, 06:56 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Lyons, MI
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It is a dodge thing, did you recently have a new wheel bearing put on? I bought the cheapo bearing for my truck same thing you got 6" lift on 35's could not figure out why my steering was still loose lugnuts were tight. come to find out it was the cheapo foreign bearings auto zone had, stud threads stipped out drivers wheel went rolling did 2 360's right in the middle of the E way looked like something out of a movie... No one got hurt in my accident and I'm really glad no got hurt in yours.. best wishes |
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03-11-2011, 09:23 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Millersburg
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I remember a vibration, bump, then my back wheel passing me. "Jester" looks like a nice truck, good to hear no one was hurt. | |
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03-11-2011, 10:00 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: dot com
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I have seen the aftermath of a stray 35 jumping the median wall of a freeway and landing in the passengers seat in one of those boxy Mercedes suvs. Nobody killed, but the damage was impressive. I think it lost some momentum when it jumped the wall, but the benz was coming 65 the other way There is an old youtube video of some guy filling his car with gas when in the background you can see a stray set of duals coming right for him. If you can find it, that would be the definition of a bad day, unlucky lottery winner. Jeeps and Scouts are kinda famous for losing a rear axle like that, happened to a buddy of mine. It was only a 33 but that road sign didn't have a chance. Takes a few showers to get rid of that burnt gear oil smell if you happen to get sprayed with it too, goddamm Komatsus  |
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