Morning all,
Earlier today my son moved his 2002 Ram 2500 out of the way for the impending snow and had some issues steering. I went out to see whats up and noticed his front right tire wasn't spinning as he backed it up thru the snow in 4x4. The three remaining tires were slipping as they seem to gain traction. It did spin freely though. Also noticed the front tires didn't seem equal ie: not running at the same angle. I have not crawled underneath it as it currently sits in the yard while another ten inches of snow is forecast to fall.
Any general ideas perhaps? broken C/V, tie rod snapped, diff blown into a thousand pieces?

Thanks all!

 

Front is an open differential, so, the tire with the least traction, gets all the power. That's pretty normal.

Once the weather clears some, gonna have to take a look at all the front end parts... See if anything obvious is wrong under there.

 

Thanks H.Y. !
It may be in spring 2018 by the looks of the conditions currently outside before I can get underneath it !

 

North Eastern US? Yeah, the weather isn't real conducive to playin' outside..... We got maybe an inch or so in the last two days. I suspect that is all we are going to get. Sure is COLD out though......

 

Not to be confused with a few weeks ago, when it was t-shirt weather, huh? Weird winter for everyone.


But, yeah, what HeyYou said...