Axle destroyed

[Canyonlight]

I gotta think it has something to do with that tire just being replaced. Too much of a coincidence. Lug nuts too loose to way too tight, caused wheel to wobble on the drum. Not sure but it's too much of a coincidence.

X2 ! I would be contacting the shop where the work was done. Spending some time looking in the forest at the proper trajectory where the road is marked up from the drum dragging would be worth some time and of value when dealing with the shop.

Dan

[Janiceknight1]

I thought it was pretty coincidental, also, but don’t know how I’d prove it.

[JKellerJr]

The wheel bearings were replaced in 2017 after all of the GD grease issues. They have been repacked every year....last time in Jan.2019. Have no idea why this wasn’t caught since the failure occurred about 60 miles later.

This is where I would look, 60 miles after a repack? Sounds like either the bearing was bad and reinstalled or reinstalled incorrectly, maybe castle nut too tight,??

Just a guess though. Could just as easy be a coincidence.

[Janiceknight1]

Hadn't thought to look for pavement marks. The people that waved me over said it happened more than 5 miles before, but couldn’t be more specific. I spent hours searching 5 to 15 miles back. I’ll go back and look for the mark. Thanks for the idea.

To respond to the other thread, I just had brand new tires put on two days ago. The hearings were repacked in Jan. 2019.

[Nuffsaid]

Just curious, did the drum come off of the axle with the wheel or did the wheel and tire separate from the drum? Drum and wheel together would be no fault of the tire installer, but if just the wheel and tire came off, the tire installer is at fault.

[Janiceknight1]

Nuffsaid, Everything came off. Even though they were nice enough to give me a new tire, I knew it wasn’t the fault of the tire installer. However, I was told that, if the bearings were in that bad of shape, they should have caught it when putting the new tires on.