My roommates drive an 2002 Ford Explorer. Im pretty sure its the 4WD model. Yesterday he went to JustTires and had 4 tires put on and a 4 wheel alignment. He said right after the install his SUV started making a noise, that got louder as he drove.

Well today the drive shaft broke, snapped back and punctured the gas tank!!

Im trying to figure out was it time for it to break, or what could have justtires do to cause this??

5/13/2008 3:28:49 PM

No way to affect the drive shaft or u-joints from the tires or allignment.

5/13/2008 3:43:45 PM

its possible, but would be damn hard to prove

5/13/2008 4:15:03 PM

probly had it on center post lift and lifted incorrectly. but idk if just retards have a center post. i know firestone loves them
that or after they did and alignment the dummy left his stool or tool cart under the rack and the lowerd it down on it. idk. though. good luck

5/13/2008 4:40:52 PM

^ this man should be able to tell you, if there were any remote chance of fucking something like that up, hes probably done it

5/13/2008 4:59:24 PM

everyone on TWW is perfect. i forgot about that. FUCK

5/13/2008 5:02:42 PM

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"He said right after the install his SUV started making a noise, that got louder as he drove. Well today the drive shaft broke, snapped back and punctured the gas tank!!"

The fault here lies with your friend and the fact that he continued to drive it as the noise got progressively louder. Ignoring a noise, or driving around scratching your head while it gets worse is just plain stupid, and this lesson is going to cost him much more than a driveshaft rebuild would have.

5/13/2008 6:29:49 PM

probly bent the exhaust into the driveshaft with the lift

5/13/2008 6:50:28 PM

Well some shop replaced it with one from a junk yard and patched the tank. And now they claim somehow his alternator got fucked up.

Truck will run fine, but if u cut it off, it wont start back and has to be jumped. I told him thats a bad battery. If the alt was bad, the truck would shut off on its own.

He doesnt listen to me though! I told him not to buy a POS FORD!!!!!!!!

5/13/2008 6:57:59 PM

they fugged up the gas tank too. lol. whe nthey disconnected the battery to do the gas tank they probly didnt connect battery good. did he go to the one in dt cary?

5/13/2008 7:00:59 PM

rofl sauce

5/13/2008 7:46:56 PM

I saw an Explorer on the side on the beltline today with the driveshaft puked out of it. Same one?

5/13/2008 7:54:25 PM

he went to just tires in durham. I think Minekee or Midas in durham are the ones that did the drive shaft repair

his Exploder is white

5/14/2008 6:59:29 AM

This one was dark colored. Must have been a bad day to drive an Explorer.

5/14/2008 9:17:29 PM

haha, i sheared the bolts holding the driveshaft to the rear diff in my turbo miata

i replaced them with grade-8 fasteners



the guy who bought the car from me then tore the rear axles and subframe out of the car, flailed it around knocking holes through the gas tank, and dragged most of the drivetrain down the road under the car.

he emailed me and told me what happened...i was like "duuuude, that sucks. i'm really sorry to hear that."

he was like "Eh, shit happens when you triple the horsepower!"



True.

5/14/2008 9:28:55 PM

this car wasnt white was it. with a flying miata kit

5/14/2008 9:50:45 PM

nah, it was red. pictures in my gallery.

why, you have a similar story?

5/15/2008 12:16:26 AM

i sold one a few years back that the rear end had been ripped out of. while the guy was driving the shit out of it. bought it all for a grand. fixed it and couldnt find out how to fuck with the megasquirt so i said fuck it

5/15/2008 9:21:58 AM

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"couldnt find out how to fuck with the megasquirt so i said fuck it"

Uh... Plug a computer into it?

5/15/2008 4:16:33 PM