drive shaft broke in half yesterday

yesterday i bought a new on peice drive shaft from boone iron works, 66.2 miles after install it twisted in half in the center. my transmission is not locked up and my rear end is not locked up, however i have a 100 tow fee a effed up exhaust and a need for a new fuel tank,aswell as an obliterated u joint from where the shaft acted as a pole to launch the end of the truck in the air. and i expect them to pay for it.

what can cause one to fail like that, its bent to one side so the wrecker operator thinks they forgot to balance it because it had no weights on it. it also was not rubbing or even close to anything

anyother damage i can look for, it happened over 200 miles from home so i had to borrow my dads truck...now i have a 200 more mile trip with my gf following me in my moms car

 

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Get a lawyer if they wont work with you and see if you can get some of your damages covered. I recommend

 

He get's it from his mothers side I think she was only 1/2

 

ohhh, Mark is Portuguese

 

That sucks

Hope they man up an take responsibility and fix everything that it messed up.

 

did you personally install it, or have someone else do it? It may be hard to fight if it wasn't done by a "professional". Those bastard companies sometimes use loophole BS like that

 

Good point, however if it was missing the counter weights then I would think he has a good case.

 

me and justin from unbreakable fab installed it. it really doesnt take a rocket scientist to install a one peice driveshaft. its 4 bolts and 8 nuts lol. we are going up there on monday to raise cain

is there anyone in enc with a car hauler i can borrow though?

 

They defiantly didn't balance it.

 

i know this weekend we were supposed to raise the tcase trans exhaust ect and put on a belly pan and it nearly whooped my ass.

i was supposed to put on my solid axle cover and hook up my arb locker today but now im just looking to borrow a car hauler or buy a cheap one so i can haul the taco back home and back to hickory on monday and thursday...and i still need to fix a buncha crap with my dodge and my moms power steering pump on her volkswagons going bad....i just aint had no good luck at all

 

I know its not hard to install one, but the legal loopholes could get ya there. Best of luck though! Im sure they'll probably at very least send you a new drive shaft.

By the way I used to be from Charlotte, went to UNCC. but i just moved to Texas

 

Yep you'll probably go to small claims over this because they're going to say that it was an installation issue on your part.... good luck

 

Should've gotten a Tom Woods..
But yeah, that really sucks man! I hope they Pay for the damages.

 

they are telling me that because it looked fine when it left the shop that they wont even take the driveshaft back...i am speaking with my attourney this afternoon about suing them

 

That really sucks. I really hope they do what they should, and at least help you out a bit. Sites like this can really change the way people see a company and its practices.

 

what the name of the company... maybe we should all tell them they lost alot off business in the offroad community if they leave you hanging. Is it a big shop or small mom pop shop?

 

boone iron works, they started ignoring my calls...so my girlfriend called them, they react alot smoother in her bitch mode, im driving up there on wednesday to let them look at the taco and the drive shaft...and i am bringing her with me.


my attourney said im up shits creek without a paddle with out 1.5k...if they wont refund me ill just take them to small claims ct.