well hard times bad luck
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well hard times bad luck
well the past 2 weeks have been complete sh*t. Their was always something going wrong or bad for instance my wheel hub. I am not having any luck trying to sell my ram eventhough i dont wanna sell it i have to. Everyone see's the clear coat and is like nah ill pass. They think the truck has been ragged out due to that or they say gas prices are to high i couldn't afford it. I havent ragged my truck out. I wont lie i have had it in the mud but never full throttle rev limiter screaming idk i guess i need a place to vent and blow some steam off. I really just need some input on what to do
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its tough since your truck is lifted with oversized tires. for someone like me, i don't want a truck like that, it would mean to me you were bogging it in mud or going off road all the time.
Are you saying your truck is breaking parts, including hubs? or are your hubs the problem?
take it from me, I know your pain, I just got this truck and put $6000 in to it in less than a year. Right now it just needs an axle seal and just about everything is new/rebuilt. I am hoping I am good for a while. you might be coming to that point where your Ram just needs new parts. hubs, u-joints, axle seals, then tranny, etc... we all know the parts list.
Are you saying your truck is breaking parts, including hubs? or are your hubs the problem?
take it from me, I know your pain, I just got this truck and put $6000 in to it in less than a year. Right now it just needs an axle seal and just about everything is new/rebuilt. I am hoping I am good for a while. you might be coming to that point where your Ram just needs new parts. hubs, u-joints, axle seals, then tranny, etc... we all know the parts list.
Last edited by 98DodgeRam1500; Aug 9, 2008 at 10:54 PM. Reason: typo.
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post a pic, i would like to see what you mean by "ragged".
A recently rebuilt tranny (w/warranty) is a great selling point.
Try getting the factory parts from a junk yard, OR try selling your lift from your truck in exchange for the factory parts from the person who is buying the lift.
I have said the same thing you have, after putting all this $$ in to the truck you just want to get rid of it, but at this stage you just replaced the most expensive part. The transmission, if rebuilt by a decent shop will out last the factory tranny any day.
So, if you like the truck when its running and not breaking, then consider how much you just invested, and how much more you will have to invest in to another truck. This other truck could put you right back in to where you are now, replacing parts.
At least now, you know what is good/bad on your truck.
Best of luck in whatever you do.
A recently rebuilt tranny (w/warranty) is a great selling point.
Try getting the factory parts from a junk yard, OR try selling your lift from your truck in exchange for the factory parts from the person who is buying the lift.
I have said the same thing you have, after putting all this $$ in to the truck you just want to get rid of it, but at this stage you just replaced the most expensive part. The transmission, if rebuilt by a decent shop will out last the factory tranny any day.
So, if you like the truck when its running and not breaking, then consider how much you just invested, and how much more you will have to invest in to another truck. This other truck could put you right back in to where you are now, replacing parts.
At least now, you know what is good/bad on your truck.
Best of luck in whatever you do.