2018 RAM vent

[Hay Dude]

Fairly common problem with some of the alloy wheels - galvanic action causes them to seize to the iron hub. Used to happen with my F150. Once I got the wheels off I put a thin layer of antiseize on the mating surface. That solved the problem.

It’s shocking to see that most vehicle manufacturers will not apply never seize to areas like this on new vehicles. It probably costs less than $5 and would save so many headaches.

 

[Hay Dude]

I bought a new GM Silverado one year, not that long ago.
Couple years later, I went right through a busy intersection red light, with my foot to the floor, without hardly slowing. How I was able to avoid the oncoming green light traffic was a miracle.
GM was using junk Chinese common steel on brake lines.
No engineering for rust belt sales.

No recall. Nothing.
They quietly switched to rust resistant materials in subsequent years. Swept under the carpet.

I bought my son a really sweet Silverado 1500 supercab shortbed.
Loved that truck.
However, as my son was driving home from high school lacrosse practice, he had to swerve off into a field, nearly missing a telephone pole, to avoid smashing into the back of another car stopped at a stop sign in front of him.

Cheap common steel brake lines. I was furious with GM, but also relieved he was ok.

At least The potential Ram brake issue is being acknowledged and a recall issued.

Have to agree there. There’s never any reason to not keep your customers safe.

During the CP-4 recall, Stellantis/Ram offered free replacement of all CP-4 pumps, running or not.
Ford made its customers wait until the pump failed, which caused accidents and incredible amounts of stress and inconvenience for their customers. The truck could be driving up a mountain, towing a load and fail before ford would replace the pumps.

I’m not real fond of GM on the steel brake & transmission lines and the fake Allison transmissions.

 

[JRH02]

Backhoe and chain, chain and winch (come a long to a tree) , Torch or even a tank pulling.

Leave a couple of lug nuts on loosely, a thread or two, to keep the wheel from escaping completely.

Well guy's - it's the wife's pickup. My 2020 F350 has steel rims but even if alloy it would've been off in short order. She was watching out the window as it was and even using the copper sledge without hitting the rim I still got chastised for being a hick, backyard, cobble jockey. And I had to hear it again when she was in Iraq she did XY&Z and her ex, an ASCE certified mechanic (who now fixes golf carts at a course somewhere in the south east NEVER had problems) any problems with a 'simple' wheel change.

But I love her dearly. So I bite my tongue and do my thing.

 

[mllud]

Ford, Dodge and Chevy all use junk brake lines for at least 35 years. The importance of stopping was not important.
I Don't know how they got by with it for so many years.

 

[JRH02]

It’s shocking to see that most vehicle manufacturers will not apply never seize to areas like this on new vehicles. It probably costs less than $5 and would save so many headaches.

Not the Mfr - the dealership. My Dodge 1t dually had a plastic gasket between the aftermatket 19.5 wheels, duals and adaptors. I loved those gaskets. I had a 1" impact but getting the steel adaptors off was always fun. They'd glue themselves to the hub at the centering ring.

And Neversieze getting on the studs is a precaution. Hub, yes.

 

[dstig1]

It’s shocking to see that most vehicle manufacturers will not apply never seize to areas like this on new vehicles. It probably costs less than $5 and would save so many headaches.

Because it isn't a problem new or the first few years. The problem occurs with time and salt exposure. Most OEM rotors I've seen seem to have some minor anti-corrosion coating on the hub area to keep them from rusting immediately. But later on, down the road (so to speak) that isn't enough to stop it. So I do it myself whenever I pull a wheel.

 

[DarkBlack]

On which pedal?

I was still racing circle track at the time, so might have been some of both. Still wasn’t fun doing it with on road vehicles at a city intersection.
I had to sneak/crawl out of the city and drive backroads for another 20 miles to get home.
My favorite memory of that truck, is the day I traded it in

 

[Hay Dude]

Because it isn't a problem new or the first few years. The problem occurs with time and salt exposure. Most OEM rotors I've seen seem to have some minor anti-corrosion coating on the hub area to keep them from rusting immediately. But later on, down the road (so to speak) that isn't enough to stop it. So I do it myself whenever I pull a wheel.

Exactly and where do millions of people go for service? Back to the dealer. So the manufacturer (let’s say Ford) screws its own Ford dealerships and makes techs beat on vehicle wheels to un-seize them.

Brilliant.

There’s many other spots where it could be used, but it isn’t. That creates needless expense and broken parts. Exhaust manifold bolts screwed into engine block without never seize was a ridiculous Ford problem. Ford exhaust manifolds rusted and ate exhaust manifold gaskets. Getting them out? Forget it. Easy outs always have to be used. I spent thousands over the last 30 years replacing Ford exhaust manifold gaskets. Studs always seized.

 

[Hay Dude]

Ford, Dodge and Chevy all use junk brake lines for at least 35 years. The importance of stopping was not important.
I Don't know how they got by with it for so many years.

GM’s lines were infamous for rusting through. Transmission lines, too.
Didn’t hear it happening as much on others.

 

[mjonesnh]

Ford, Dodge and Chevy all use junk brake lines for at least 35 years. The importance of stopping was not important.
I Don't know how they got by with it for so many years.

Own a 95 Dodge Ram. 1 day while going to work pressed brake pedal and no rear brakes. Had front brakes but not rear. Rear brake line rusted out beside fuel tank and had emptied rear line chamber in master cylinder. Stopped at Walmart and bought brake fluid, filled up master cylinder with brake fluid and drove slowly that evening home. Friend that I use for all my work that I don't do myself dropped fuel tank and replaced rear brake line. Told me that was a common issue with those year Rams and had probably done at least a dozen or more