So I'm working on a 2000 Dodge Ram 1500 pickup 4x4 and it has confused me more than I could have imagined. The driver of the truck was driving 35 miles an hour on a dry Road and his rear pinion nut came out.
The pinion gear got sucked in the the diff, Locked the rear wheels up , breaking a tooth off the ring gear.
The confusion part of this is, the threads on the pinion and nut are fine aaaaand the front Passanger side Axle shaft is busted too......driver said he was not in 4x4 at the time. I checked the t case lever and it was in 2wd.
Damage known so far, rear diff is trashed, rear drive shaft is a tad twisted, front pass axle shaft u joint busted.....
Help my brain someone! I had dreams/nightmares of this last night.