Hey, recently, my truck got stuck in a nice hole and I had to pull it out w/ a bull dozer. So far I've drained all my fluids except my engine oil which doesn't have any water in it. I was looking to see if anyone has any other places I might open up. My rear wheel bearing seals are bad and I am probably going to have to get them from the dealer due to the fact that no body carries them, any suggestions? Also I'm hoping my front bearings should be ok due to the fact that they're mainly a sealed unit but i'm not so sure. Maybe I should pull them apart and re grease em? This is a less than fun project. A costly one as well so far I'm in approx $220 and the rear seals are going to cost $60 and I'm debating on having dodge put them in and grease the inside bearing. Unless I can find them somewhere else and it's cheaper than $32.60 a seal. Can't wait to have my truck on the road again. Also is there anything I should definatly rip apart and regrease or should the standard gear oils and such going into the truck cover it? Also a side not, should I not spray cleaner (brake cleaner/carb&choke cleaner) on certain parts due to the fact that it might corrode something such as seals or bearings? Any ideas on how to flush the rest? Thanks .

 

A water hole?? Did any get inside the cab?

 

Yeah, it was up to the top of the seats.

 

Holy crap, I would personally call the insurance company and have them total it. Sorry man.

 

It still works though, engine runs, ecu is good, only thing I need to replace so far is rear seals and the electric seat switch (works but gets stuck sometimes) it's all dried out now. I guess I could be like someone stole my truck and stuck it under the river. But NO! I don't know. Figure it out sooner or later.

 

Or maybe half-*** fix it and trade it off on something else? Higher payments, maybe still in hole. Who knows.

 

Your truck was under water to the top of the seats and all electronics still work? I am amazed.

 

I am curios about the details of your unfortunant event.

 

I unplugged the batteries due to the situation after i shut the engine off. Because my odometer read no sub and my guages all went dead and my lights all turned on. So i quickly turned off and unplugged the electronics and they weren't hooked up until it was dried out. Well, It started out me cleaning my truck, and then my brother in laws came over, and they wanted to go swimming, and my wife wanted to go, and i was like well go, and she's like well lets take the truck, and i was like lets not. Well she won so we took it, and I must admit my own pride in the truck and it's ability to swim got it stuck, so I went down this crossing, the water has risen approx. a foot, it was already about mid wheel- almost at the top of the wheel at spots, so as I went down I made it to where the little spot of sand was and someone has previously went through there and umm... ripped out the onside so i got high centered, and then coming out I had to back out and lost traction, and kinda umm.. dug the front end in, I tried to through it in first and keep it going before it buried. But it didn't. and it was stuck really good. I'm very fortunate more isn't torn up, and i'm hoping more doesn't get tore up.

 

So you basically were going through water and misjudged the depth? I pictured the top of the seatbacks when you said where the water was, I guess you meant the top of the bottom of the seat?