ok so im in long island for work. pulled outta hotel and sounded like i hit someone. whole truck jumped. coasted to stop. pulled away ok. made a turn and felt like *** of truck jumped 1 foot. pulled into parking lot under truck. nothing visible ujoints ok. no leaks. made a slow turn hear tires like rear end is locked up tire was dragging them slam!!! drove back to hotel really slow. made appt with dealer for mon am. any ideas? 04 stock hemi sport 20" tires 4wd. did rear lube change at 36,000 has 40,000 on it now. i'm 7 hrs from home. should be covered but driving me nuts not knowing what it is and what kinda dealer im gonna get here.
last inspection fluid was good. no debris. no c-clips i belive.

 

do you have an anit spin axel? (look in glove box)

get ready for another rear end banging at the dealer

 

Sad but true!

 

but it might be covered by a warranty...hopefully

 

Could be bad wheel bearing, brake lock-up or the differential itself. If you got the factory LSD could be a clip wedged in between the ring and pinion (Pyro knows this story). Only by lifting that sucker up and removing some components for a proper inspection will you know for sure.

Remember, if it ain't warranty, don't let the dealer use the same factory crap that just failed you. Much higher end, aftermarket components are better than factory and often much cheaper than the dealer.

My motto: "Always make a repair a mod"!!!

 

Im betting on the LSD........

 

Words to live by....

 

i talked to dealer yesterday and they said should be under the 7/70 warranty. ~glad i paid for the transfer~ will keep posted gonna try to limp it there in am. luckilly its a straight drive with 1 turn. only does it on turning. and under heavy accel. thanks guys. hopefully will be just the 100 deductable. if not gonna look for aftermarket and do the damn thing in the parking lot. lol


monday,
dropped it off dealer said maybe 3-4 days before might have truck back depends on what they find. said they have never heard of a "c" clip failure. this is an odd thing according to them. wanted to show them the forums. we will see what they blame the noise on. im betting rear end shot.

 

recieved word from dealer. ordering new rear gears ets. took out the spiders and transfer case chain. all under warranty. said c clips still in place. has no idea what happened but spiders exploded. down fall wont be untill next week for completion. oh well at least was covered.

 

its not 'c' clips. we just say c clips cuz that's what we say. it's actually retaining clips. given the history of the parts, it's damn near 100% that was the cause of the failure.