Drive Shaft Blew Up!

Did you flat tow it like that?
Oh, and those yokes look pretty dry!

 

That sucks! I had mine break at the Ujoint in June 2011. It was covered under warranty at least.

 

my dad towed it home with his tundra and some chains


when little yota breaks big yota comes to save the day!

 

yeah im sure my 07 with 152k miles on it is waaayyyyy out of warranty lol

 

I would guess the smell was from the DS spinning on the rope holding it off the ground.
Note the polished section on the DS.

 

wow those joints were very dry. grease grease grease. every oil change

 

Anything other than 4x4 (which you need to grease the u-joints), you need to keep an eye on those sealed u-joints, so shit like that don't happen. Its BASIC fricken maintenance!!!

 

hell i guess i better run a rope or wire just in case my fails like that. that sucks maan.

 

well this is part of the reason I have AMA/CAA for incidents like this

it also looks like your need some exhaust repairs, how fast where you going when the driveshaft went pop

 

i didnt know about the whole greasing u-joints thing

i think maybe 30-50 i was trying to pass someone who jammed there brakes and i gassed it a little to beat the car in the next lane and when the power kicked in that shit went BANG



yeah i just realized im going to need a new exhaust -__-

 

whats a AMA/CAA?

 

you guys might call it AAA

 

http://www.ama.ab.ca/membership

 

In the future if this ever happens again, unbolt the driveshaft before towing it.

 

basically two years in a row ive been saved by just having a membership, three free tows to where I choose withing 100miles works nicely when you wheel your truck hard and snap something and make it un drivable

 

Man, look at those dry rusted u-joint caps.... Hate to point a finger, but did you ever grease the u-joints? EVER?

 

very nice

 

no i bought the truck with a shit ton of miles and never thought about the u-joints. i just checked it out and it seems like one of them is fine but im going to have to replace the front u-joint.

however concerns me and not sure if i have to replace the whole front driveshaft or can i just replace that back piece

 

if he places do his oilchanges than seemingly his oil change place doesnt do it

 

WOW i bet you Carrier bearing is toast too