NCBusa2001
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Ok, I'm at wits end and need help from the board.
Here's the story in short. I have a 2002 Dodge Ram 1500 crew cab 4X4 4.7L short bed with 52,000 miles. I drive farily hard but nothing extreme. It's been off road but I've never been "4 wheeling" per say with this truck.
Driving along one sunny day about 50-60mph and the abs light and the brake light come on. I can feel the truck hesitate for a split second every so often but still doing fine overall. A few miles later, closer to home, the engine light comes on and the speedodometer starts going crazy, but still doing fine as far as driving. I drop the kids off and head to the Dodge place.
They pull the codes and come back with a intermittent signal to the read speed sensor. They pull it out and it has been "chewed up" as the put it. They replace it, $200 later, and I get my truck back. Drive to the beach within 100 miles of getting my truck back. Along the way the abs and brake light come back on. I figured the connection or something had come loose so we continue the drive. Well I was riding the busa and Kim was technically driving the support vehicle.
On the drive back the lights stay on fairly constantly, but would go off if the car was turned off and back on. Get to the same dealership and give them the story. They pull the sensor and it was "clogged" with metal fragments. They tell me that they need to change the fluid to get the fragments out. Only cost me $350 to do it. I kind of feel the foreplay to the rape about to happen, but say OK.
I get a call this morning at work (before coffee) stating that there is a problem and they need $1300 (or more) to fix it. So I go down after work to see for myself.
On the right side of the picure the bearing hold down (cant remember the name) is chewed up on the side facing the ring gear. The "round piece" has a lot of play in it and appears to have caused the "chewing".
What the Dodge people are telling me is that the "clutches" are bad (round stacked discs on the inside of the ring gear). The "round piece" is a retainer that should never be loose and that a piece is broken "in there".
They have told me that I need to replace the whole carrier, which includes all the "guts" inside the differential. With the exception of the ring gear and pinion gear. They also want to replace all the bearings (due to the metal dust possibly being on them).
The have stated that the carrier could not be taken apart and that Chrysler doesn't even make a tool to work on it. Nor do they sell any individual parts for it (like the "round piece") They also stated that the "chewed" bearing hold down does not need to be replaced.
Now to my question.
Is what they are telling me true and what are my possible options.
I appreciate anyone chiming in on this that has any experience in this area. I'm fairly decent at doing my own mechanic work but I don't trust myself on a truck I still owe $20,000 on.
Bless y'all, Chris
Here's the story in short. I have a 2002 Dodge Ram 1500 crew cab 4X4 4.7L short bed with 52,000 miles. I drive farily hard but nothing extreme. It's been off road but I've never been "4 wheeling" per say with this truck.
Driving along one sunny day about 50-60mph and the abs light and the brake light come on. I can feel the truck hesitate for a split second every so often but still doing fine overall. A few miles later, closer to home, the engine light comes on and the speedodometer starts going crazy, but still doing fine as far as driving. I drop the kids off and head to the Dodge place.
They pull the codes and come back with a intermittent signal to the read speed sensor. They pull it out and it has been "chewed up" as the put it. They replace it, $200 later, and I get my truck back. Drive to the beach within 100 miles of getting my truck back. Along the way the abs and brake light come back on. I figured the connection or something had come loose so we continue the drive. Well I was riding the busa and Kim was technically driving the support vehicle.
On the drive back the lights stay on fairly constantly, but would go off if the car was turned off and back on. Get to the same dealership and give them the story. They pull the sensor and it was "clogged" with metal fragments. They tell me that they need to change the fluid to get the fragments out. Only cost me $350 to do it. I kind of feel the foreplay to the rape about to happen, but say OK.
I get a call this morning at work (before coffee) stating that there is a problem and they need $1300 (or more) to fix it. So I go down after work to see for myself.
On the right side of the picure the bearing hold down (cant remember the name) is chewed up on the side facing the ring gear. The "round piece" has a lot of play in it and appears to have caused the "chewing".
What the Dodge people are telling me is that the "clutches" are bad (round stacked discs on the inside of the ring gear). The "round piece" is a retainer that should never be loose and that a piece is broken "in there".
They have told me that I need to replace the whole carrier, which includes all the "guts" inside the differential. With the exception of the ring gear and pinion gear. They also want to replace all the bearings (due to the metal dust possibly being on them).
The have stated that the carrier could not be taken apart and that Chrysler doesn't even make a tool to work on it. Nor do they sell any individual parts for it (like the "round piece") They also stated that the "chewed" bearing hold down does not need to be replaced.
Now to my question.
Is what they are telling me true and what are my possible options.
I appreciate anyone chiming in on this that has any experience in this area. I'm fairly decent at doing my own mechanic work but I don't trust myself on a truck I still owe $20,000 on.
Bless y'all, Chris
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