Check your carrier bearings

But... if that bearing/shaft(s) flopping loose like that "injured" something else that fails down the road after the warranty expires - wouldn't it be better to have a record of this "repair" ?

That's my take on it.

 

It came out of Texas, good ol American Toy.

Thank you, I was told a story about when they have failed. The driveshaft came off in the freeway and bounced into the windshield of the car behind and almost hit the driver. It landed to the left of the driver a few inches from their head.

 

It’s stock for the most part besides meso mods and sliders for the moment. I was about to put my urd y pipe on when I found the bearing problem.

 

I wanted it documented by the company for future problems and to fix other people tuck who may have it.

 

Oh yeah my friend told me a bad story about it happening almost killing someone.

 

That too, good point.

 

I jumped under mine (Mexico built). It was nice and tight after 500 miles.

 

Something seems fishy

 

Maybe you pissed off somebody on the assembly line? Former girlfriend?

 

You're just regurgitating a pov that you have read from equally misinformed people on a forum...

 

Hardware store bolts are the wrong grade for automotive. Plus they often have different sized heads which makes working on the vehicle in the future a headache requiring multiple sockets to remove the "same" bolt.

 

www.boltdepot.com

 

Well ...this is going to turn into a mythbusters poop show thread.... Every hardware store I go to carries grade 8 zinc ( or metric 10 generally black oxide ) hardware which is the same / stronger than OE and If you buy the correct size bolt it is going to have the correct sized head. Even Home Depot and Lowes have grade 8 and Metric grade 10 hardware.

 

Just to throw some facts out there...

 

Nothing fishy, just something that I noticed. The only work I have done under the car is instal of sliders. Never have touched the driveshaft.

 

Haha, It could be someone mad at me. All I know is that I havnt touched it since I bought the truck. Only 14,200 miles on it.

 

Are you sure you didn't hit something while off roading?

 

Very sure. I havnt used it the way it was designed to be used. I have only done gravel roads, it still hasn’t had any real off roading. The service writers looked under it and said it was super clean. There is no scratches and almost no dirt underneath the body.

 

What a great resource, definitely going to have to remember them for my RC Truck stuff. Some of those tiny screws can be super hard to find and the hobby stores want big bucks for them.

 

I've really struggled to find appropriate hardware at home depot and lowes. I have had better luck at O'Riellys but even though I got the right grade and thread, the head size was off.

I don't mean to start a shit show and I'm sorry you took it that way. But to the average guy, one bolt looks very much like another when they certainly aren't. I used to think fasteners were the easy part, experience has re-educated me and now they can be one of the most finicky of sticking point in projects. Just trying to share my experience to help others.