Driving down a trail today and my front tires just locked up, i could go in reverse but could not go forward, put it in 4Wheel drive an i can go, then it did it agin in 4wheel drive... long story short i got under it, an where the front drive shaft and the pumpkin meets it was poring out dif gear oil.

so i went an checked see if my drive shaft wiggled an it does badly... My dad things its a barring... what do you guys think it could be?

And it's the 2006 Dodge ram 1500 mega cab 5.7

 

Uh, if your front axle input yoke is flopping around, you've lost your pinion bearings. It's FUBAR, and you may need a new front axle.

 

Ouch, thats gotta suck. IDK much about 4wd so I cant help but I will bump the thread so maybe someone else can chime in and assist. Pictures always help though.

You can find your 06 Srvc man here though. It will help you out now AND later on

https://dodgeforum.com/forum/3rd-gen...-download.html

 

i was going to take pics of it today when i got off work but the flat bed came an took it b4 i got home... i got pics of what made it happen tho! lol.

 

Sounds like a pinion bearing. You will probally need a new set of gears. This would be a great time to replace with 4.56 since it will cost the same as the stock gears. So your front will be probably 600 bucks to repair so for another 600 you can be regeared to get more power running those 285's. Now being a heavy duty drivetrain you may have 4.10's. If you do ignore my comment.

 

Yupp sounds like u killed your pinion bearing. I did the same thing on my old chevy. I was out in the woods drinkin n muddin and got carried away pounding the **** off of it. Didnt notice i smashed my diff cover off a stump and it didnt take long to melt bearings. I agree with that1guy tho, your going to need a whole new set of gears because you likely have yours all banged up and nows the time to upgrade if you wanted to do so. New gears, master install kit, and find someone who will put em in for ya!

 

Pics, pics, pics.

I hate to see anything that is damaged and going to cost some money to fix but at the same time, carnage pics are cool.

 

My buddy had to get a whole new axle assembly when his pinion bearings toasted, of course his ring gear lodged his pinion gear into the side of the case and it locked up at 35mph+, but I'd check into it and make sure all of the play was in the bearing itself and not where the races seat.

 

Sounds like maybe the pinion nut came loose and wasted the bearing. Either way, it's not gonna be pretty!!

 

Yeah, and Im the sadistic b*stard that wants to see the pics.