Anyone See a Problem Here? And Part Number Please

[spressomon]

^ TM: I couldn't get my rear hard lines unthreaded from the "T"...doubtful on his given the rust we see.

 

[bulldog1402]

What did you do?

 

[Trunk Monkey]

Just pondering, the flex/breaks look like they're in the same direction.

 

[cruiserdan]

That panhard bracket is one decent bump away from breaking off the axle housing. Very dangerous to say the very least.

 

[bulldog1402]

Other than sourcing one in better condition what can I do?

 

[cruiserdan]

You need an axle housing.

 

[bulldog1402]

Anyone ever source one of these?

How much am I looking at?

 

[SmoothLC]

You've got the two of the best parts suppliers on this thread with @beno and @cruiserdan - send them a PM.

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[cruiserdan]

Presuming 1998 100 with factory lock there is ONE new housing in the United States. 42110-60630, published list price $1,698.94. That is a bare housing only.

 

[bulldog1402]

Looks like I will be trying to find a used one!

Yes it's a 98 with rear locker.

Thanks dan

 

[cruiserdan]

Quite frankly if that housing is indicative of the general condtion of the chassis you may be better-served removing the radiator cap and driving another truck under it......

 

[super90]

Quite frankly if that housing is indicative of the general condtion of the chassis you may be better-served removing the radiator cap and driving another truck under it......

I was trying not to pour salt in the wound.......but CDan did it anyway.

There's no place like home (TX), there's no place like home (TX), there's no place like home (TX).

 

[cruiserdan]

Salt, lots of salt, for many years.

 

[bulldog1402]

The rear is definitely the worst part of my truck.

Wish I could drive a new one under there.

Very funny...pour salt.

 

[sleeoffroad]

Quite frankly if that housing is indicative of the general condtion of the chassis you may be better-served removing the radiator cap and driving another truck under it......

Took me a while, but man, I have to use this one in the future for some of the buckets we see come into the shop.

 

[Trunk Monkey]

I guess worst case you could bend it back and plate it and weld it, but I've got to imagine if that bracket is that bad, the rest aren't much betterer.

 

[cruiserdan]

I don't see anything to weld to.

 

[jemsec]

Sorry to say it but that's very unsafe. Might want to consider a replacement quick!

The last time I saw rust that bad was on a front end loader that worked in four feet of cement slurry for over two years. Rusted right through the axle housing and broke in half.

 

[bulldog1402]

Does anyone think the brake line break was caused by flex in this bracket?

 

[cruiserdan]

I wouldn't be surprised.