Strangest NON-trail carnage

[bodacious]

I got to thinking about the stuff that has broke on me while street driving and thought I would see what ya'll have had happen.

First, about a year ago, I was making a beer run, and when I went to back out of the parking lot, while turning to the right, I heard a "POP". At first I didn't think anything about it, but when I went to pull off going forward, I couldn't turn to the left. I thought something about the pop then. I got out, and saw that 2 of the 3 studs on left knuckle had broken. I was about 25 miles from my house. (I live in a dry county, so it's a roadtrip to get some cold ones) I called my little brother to come get me. He took me to my house, and I got my 20ft trailer, and me and him went and loaded it up. I had to get the trailer lined up almost perfect so I wouldn't have to attempt to steer. One good thing I got out of this was a set of used knuckles of a 3/4 ton axle, so the draglink (or whatever its called) goes in from the top now.

Second time, I was coming home from some errands, and when I got off the four lane onto the two lane that I live on, and just about the time I got to "cruising speed" (about 60), I heard "BANG", and a bunch of smaller bangs until I got stopped. I looked in the rearview and saw a little smoke. I said "oh sh!t". I finally got it stopped on the shoulder, looked around to see if anybody I knew was around , then jumped out to see WTF had hapened. When I looked under the truck, I saw my rear driveshaft hanging. Apparently the rear u-joint I had just installed a week earlier had let go. I re-used the u-joint straps , and I guess they must have worked a little loose, and caused one of the u-joint caps to go AWOL. Upon further investigation, I saw fluid coming form the t-case. It was split clean accross both halves. (I have pics on my PC at home). Well, I called my wife, which just happened to have the day off that day to come get me. She stared asking 21 questions, so I kinda got aggravated and told her that I was on the side of the F'in road, and to just come get my a$$. Well, she finally got there, took her 10 minutes to make a 3 minute drive , I got my trailer out there, and winched it onto it. Then I had to go to work for 2 weeks while it sat on the trailer. I finally found a rebuilt 208, and when I got home I took it to my mechanic (I don't have the tools/help to replace a t-case on a truck with 8" and 38s). When I got home from work the following time, I went and picked it up. I drove it home, about 8 miles, and stopped for gas. When I got out I saw ATF pouring out from under it. I called my mechanic and he told me to bring it back. A few days later, he called me and said the rear of the transmission was split, too, which is what I kinda figured. When I FINALLY found a rebuilt 350, I ordered it telling the place 3 different times to not go by the VIN, since the original 6.2 and 700R4 had been replaced with a 350/350. Well, when the transmission showed up, I was at work, so my wife took it to the mechanic, and sure enough, they sent a 700. She called them and told them they sent the wrong transmission. They sent out a 350, and shipped the 700 back, and knocked off $100 for my hassle . After he got the "new" transmission in, it wouldn't shift into 3rd, no matter what. He asked me if I wanted to call the place that I got it from and I said no, they are a bunch of dumba$$es, and I researched and found it was the regulator, so we just swapped the one from my old transmission. Once I got the "kickdown" cable adjusted right, everything's good now........for now.

Anyone else have any "street carnage" they would like to share? Funny thing is, I have yet to break anything on it while wheelin.

Sorry, I didn't mean for it to get so long.

 

[jonrpick]

My rear diff suddenly died in my K5. Didn't get a damage report (the rebuild was done by a shop) but I know the sound of metal chunks in gears.

No wheeling was involved.

Then, while trying to tune the carb while the engine was hot, I disconnected the fuel line to re-jet the carb. I put it all back together, except for the fuel line. I hit the starter and it dumped gas onto the hot exhaust manifold. A few weeks later and a donated wiring harness from a Sub and the thing ran again.

The TV cable to the 700R4 was damaged in the fire. I didn't realize it was a 2-piece design, so rather than replaced the damaged upper section, I tried to remove it from the tranny. The bolt broke off in the tranny.

FAIL

Then I took it to Mr. Ripoff, I mean, Mr. Transmission. They said the bolt couldn't be drilled/tapped and charged me an assload of money for a used/rebuilt rather than just rebuilding mine.



THEN... a few weeks later, on a trip to TN in what had now become a rolling 4500lb accident waiting to happen, the transfer case sh!t the bed. I took it to the only place available that day--Pep Boys... Apparently my REBUILT rear axle had died again, and so had the t-case. One axle rebuild later, during which I learned a lot but discovered NOTHING wrong with the axle, I replaced the t-case with a rebuilt NP208.



Oh yeah, during that last part, I realized the rear brakes were shot, and the brake lines were all seized in place. So...yeah...awesome.

A lot of what happened wasn't even on the street, it was sitting still...

 

[dodgedude99]

nothing on the K5 (though it hasnt left my driveway in 3 years) but my Ram ate a powertrax locker driving on the street, no tire spin, nothing stupid, just go to accelerate and i hear a few pops and then it just takes forever to get going, shear all 4 pins that hold that POS together.

 

[orangebeast74]

I blew up the 12-bolt on my 74 Jimmy driving to the grocery store one day. Driving along and all the sudden heard a loud pop, pulled over and gear oil was leaking all over the place from the hole in the diff cover created by the flying shrapnel. Only good thing that came of this was it got me in gear to finish building the 14-bolt that she has now.

 

[nvrenuf]

About *gasp* 20 years ago, Spicer and I were on a road trip to north Ms to meet up with some of his family. We were in my old K10 with a 350 and brand new set of loud pipes. While going under a wide overpass I decided to make some noise and mashed it for all she had, this resulted in a nice tapping sound from a few bent pushrods. Sure did sound good though...

A few years ago I got sidelined on my way to a huge new years ride at a local swamp because I apparently suck at throwout bearing installation.

 

[shakedown96]

85 S-10 4x4 2.5L 5spd short bed w/locker

I got a project truck in highschool that took 4 or 5 weeks of work to put together. I went the day before x-mas break and timed it and got it off the lift took it to the tire shop down the street had some new winter shoes put on got 4 miles down the road tward home and the rearend locked from the pinion bearing failing no oil in the rear factory locker was toast never had it off the road. junk yard rearend installed (open) the truck was awsome offroad! the day of graduation I reaended a jeep grand cheokie and toataled them both no one was hurt. lessons of life right?

 

[abig84]

blew a rear end on the street and a ujoint. stock 83 s10 blazer. both at different times.

 

[obijuan]

got back from an awesome vacation where i was in an earthquake! and the 700 mysteriously went out on the blazer.
sourced a new 400/205 and put it in all badass and ****. my brand new driveshaft even fit without cutting. hellllll yeah! it was bent though...
went to test drive it in all its 3 speed glory the day before my annual offroad meet with the local club. like 150 people.
and it wouldnt start.
an all new ignition system and i couldnt figure out time. spent all day and night trying to figure it out.
slept on it and the next mornin restabbed the distributor it and fired right up.
took it on a test drive and it needs a brake job.
drove it to work one day and after work went to the parts house.
lights are dim, WTF i need an alternator too? sheesh.
buy the good one and pull out of the parking lot.
cruisin down the road at 35 or so, some kid in a glalant decides to pull out in front of me. my swamper smashes the hell out of his left front and shears my center pin and some other minor damages.
that was three days before christmas and its STILL in the shop.
i am getting a sweet new ABOMB from kert out of it though

 

[Hogback Fabrication]

About a week after I put the 383 in my truck (back when it was my DD) I broke a u-joint/t-case yoke on a very hard upshift to second.

And a week after that I sheared the bearing journal off of the detroit, wish I had pictures of that one (in the 12 bolt, this was pre-CK5 ). Still under warranty, I just got my money back and went to 1 tons .

6.3L + 17 year old = broken stuff

 

[supersize75k5]

-rear u-joints
-front hub flew off
-front wheel came off from separated hub assembly "jeep yj"
-rear axle shaft
-rear gov lock
-spun 14 bolt tubes "made for a serious headache
-front driveline cv exploded while limping home on it
-thrown rod through the oil pan on a 350
-burned up turbo 350
-burned up 4l85
-clutch
-203 chain
-jammed, crapped out tilt column
-killed ign cylinder
-had a truck burn to the ground
-blown a bead goofing off with low air pressure
-couple radiators
-one radiator hose
-melted spark plug wires
-tossed power steering belts
-batterys fallen out from bootie fab fix
-axle into cab when a pom tree jumped in front of the truck
-carb fire from stuck parts

big blocks, big tires, high rpm and a right foot make for good times

 

[chevyuser74]

my rear axle blew up, i was going to get pumpkins for halloween, and went around a turn, kapow, drivetrain killed, pulled over started it back up tryed going forward only labored didnt go. I called a friend got picked up and went to my shop to get the flatbed and loaded it up, on the way up the axle started to slide out of the tube, and i was like damn that could have been way worse.

a couple months before this i was following a jacked up ford, going around a corner and im like damn it looks like that tire is getting farther away from the truck, kid finished the turn and stopped just about lost his tire and probably would have rolled his truck, he got way lucky, stopped to see if he needed me to call anybody for him. Kid was freaking out, his parents were out of town he wasnt supposed to be driving the truck in the first place and it had expired tags and the plates were registered to something else. he got lucky a tow truck was coming the other way kid waved him down and got it towed home before anybody was the wiser, but im sure he payed for that tow i recognized the truck and i know they werent shy about charged especially being a weekend night

 

[jonathon]

I dragged the side of my Ranger on a concrete filled metal post dodging a moron in a Toyota who was weaving all over

 

[Avery4jc]

The fuel pump on the k10 took a dump going down the freeway at about 65mph... started bucking and jumping like crazy...
A couple odds and ends but nothing major...

My dad sheared all the bolts that hold his axle shaft in his rear end a while back while getting on the freeway... I'm sure he was haulin' a$$ knowing him....

 

[jp0863]

I sent the cross pin in the rear diff right through the housing (not the cover) on my patrol car. was kinda cool cuz it was hanging out the bottom and made a perfect hole so no gear oil leaked out, blew 2 tranny's in 4 days and a motor a week later..... at 130 mph trying to catch a mitsubishi eclipse (apparently ford uses a plastic oil pump drive on the crown vic's)... almost caught him too, oh and i plowed into the side of a robbery suspect's car after he shot at a deputy... i could go on and on and on....

 

[kid-k5]

trans and rear

i blew my trans and rear at the same time trying to do a dumb burnout. the 33 wouldnt spin so i got of the the gas and boom! good think i was a cross the road from my house. all i had was 1st gear so i drove it home. boy was i pissed at myself for that.

 

[454k30]

Put a brand new holley mech fuel pump in before hay season. While driving up Ute Pass just outside of Woodland Park the fuel pump crapped out. Managed to limp the truck loaded with 2 tons of hay and a 4 horse trailer also completly loaded up onto a side road. Now I have an electrical fuel pump.

Driving to school back in '97 the truck stalled and wouldn't restart. Ended up being that I messed with the tank selector I got the gauge for the full tank but the fuel feed from the empty one. The solenoid was jammed and would let me see quantities but not actually use that fuel.

My edelbrock carb likes to jam up in the venturis. Sometimes its little black flecks from who knows where, sometimes its mud that gets in under the air filter. Luckily thats easy enough to fix as I know the symptoms as soon as they happen.

 

[Ten_Bucks]

A few years ago back when my first K5 was my daily driver, I was coming home and on my way up the hill to the apartment that I was living in at the time, the Ujoint on the tcase output side of my rear driveshaft snapped and I immediately started rolling backwards after the loud pop. So I rolled backwards slowly into the neighbor's driveway and she let me keep the rig there while I fixed the problem. I took the rear driveshaft out and took it to a local 4WD shop and had a new Ujoint put in. Only cost me 35 bucks.

Scott

 

[raymos]

i siezed my 14b pinion bearings on my 20 mile trip home one night. next day i went back filled it with gear oil then continued to drive it for probably the next 4 months with the bearing still siezed to the race.

couple of years before that i was on my way to school one morning and the truck was "acting funny" so i deside to stop and look, the brake pedal goes to the floor so i stomp on the e brake and limp back home. turns out the wheel bearings let go and the only thing holding the wheel on was the caliper on the rotor. of coruce every thing on the driver side outer axle was destroyed.

 

[buffblazer]

back in college, i was driving from laramie wyoming to loveland colorado. driving along in the 86 k5 if i pressed slightly on the brakes at highway speeds, the front end would shimmy and then a loud POP would happen and everything would be ok. i pulled over, took the tire off and couldnt find anything wrong.

did that about 5 times going down 287 and then finally when i was in ft collins i was going about 45 and was starting to slow down for a red light, and then shimmy, POP and BAM!!!! the idiot brake light comes on and the pedal goes to the floor, i slam the 4speed into low gear and barely make the corner onto a side street to avoid rear ending the cars at the light.

got out, tire was leaning sideways, and the next day when i tore it apart my bearings had blown apart because BIG O TIRES didnt re pack them when they installed my warn hubs, causing my spindle to break almost completly in half.


then i blew up the spider grears in my 10 bolt when i dumped the clutch with 33's heard a bang, and then the rpms went up. got out with the truck in gear and looked under the truck to see the driveshaft spinning but no truck movement.

slapped spider gears in it the next day and no problems after that.

 

[PGW]

I know this isn't really carnage but thought it would fit in here. Had a big clump of seaweed wrap around my front shaft and started to smell pretty funny. Took like half an hour to cut all the crap off.