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Jan 05, 2006, 10:15 AM
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3,000 dollar boo boo
I drove home from Kansas this week. When I got into San Bernardino I started feeling vibrations from the rear end. By the time I got into OC I had to lock the rear ends to keep from slipping out. I took it to LA Freightliner and they tore the front differential apart and this is what they found...
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Holy crap that thing is ripped.
How did you drive it with gears flying around.
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Jan 05, 2006, 10:18 AM
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Pardon my ignorance, but what were you driving?
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Jan 05, 2006, 10:34 AM
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Peterbilt 379X. From what they said one of the gears split and slowly tore the rest of it apart. And it's an '05!
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Jan 05, 2006, 11:04 AM
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That'd mean '05 is not a good year for peterbilts. Kind of like wine. Sometimes old stuff is better
 Anyways, looks like a neat mess alright. Only seen something lik e that once before
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Jan 05, 2006, 12:03 PM
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i didnt kno wat a peterbilt was so i just checked it out, the thing is huge lol how much was that? got specs? u a truck driver or isit just a big huge showpiece
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I'm a partner in a small trucking company. We haul flatbed freight. So far we haven't had problems with the 05 Pete's. For 140,000 dollars there better not be too many! lol. It was probably a spin out (the tires slip and then grab hard). Thats what usually causes it. It's under warranty tough so it's just down time that costs us now.
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Jan 05, 2006, 1:20 PM
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Nice job on that... stop driving like its a sports car!
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Jan 05, 2006, 2:30 PM
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What do you have in there, a Cummins? A Detroit Diesel? Don't they put an Allison front diff in those things?
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Jan 05, 2006, 2:32 PM
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Oh man your a trucker, I was thinking of that but im not sure still lol..
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Jan 05, 2006, 2:35 PM
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so how much hp is that thing packing? torque? drive, and how many gears?
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Jan 05, 2006, 2:55 PM
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It's a C-15 Caterpillar motor, 575 hp, 1750 lbs of torque, Eaton Fuller 3:55 diffs, 18 speed Eaton tranny. And no, I'm not a 'trucker' anymore! lol. I was a tow truck operator for seven years then got my class A license to drive triple axle wreckers and got into this business by accident. I got the opportunity to buy a used Kenworth a couple years ago and then I went into business with a friend of my dads and its grown from there.
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So the warranty isn't going to cover that is it...
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Jan 05, 2006, 3:59 PM
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They're trying to deny it, I dont know if they will or not yet
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