Ball bearings!!
So, im in the military deployed overseas and asked my wife to take our 2006ram 2500 diesel mega 4x4 in for an oil change, about 120.00 she calls and says our oil pan is rusted out? Wheel bearing need...
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Wheel bearings are fairly common on ram trucks. I do one about every other year between my 2 trucks. I do them myself, and on the 2500 it can be a pretty big pain in the butt. It's actually a pretty straight forward job, but what happens is the wheel bearing assembly gets rusted stuck in the spindle housing. Especially if it hasn't been apart before. A lot of force and some heat was needed for me. It should be fairly obvious if the wheel bearing is getting bad, maybe not to a female though.
Having said that, $2100 for the wheel bearing installed is insane.
Also I've never heard or seen an oil pan rusted out on a cummins, let alone an 06 or newer. My 05 has rust on it, but not even close to rusted through. I live in a state that uses salt on a daily basis in winter. I find the oil pan story hard to believe.
The oil change price is high, but probably not crazy high coming from a dealer. The price should be half of that at a jiffy lube or similar.
My advice is to disregard anything that dealer said, and go to a trusted independent shop.
Maybe join cumminsforum.com and ask some locals in your state to point you in the right direction for a shop to not rip off your wife.
Good luck and thanks for the service!
Having said that, $2100 for the wheel bearing installed is insane.
Also I've never heard or seen an oil pan rusted out on a cummins, let alone an 06 or newer. My 05 has rust on it, but not even close to rusted through. I live in a state that uses salt on a daily basis in winter. I find the oil pan story hard to believe.
The oil change price is high, but probably not crazy high coming from a dealer. The price should be half of that at a jiffy lube or similar.
My advice is to disregard anything that dealer said, and go to a trusted independent shop.
Maybe join cumminsforum.com and ask some locals in your state to point you in the right direction for a shop to not rip off your wife.
Good luck and thanks for the service!
