My little Yanmar 1401D pulls out my stuck Dodge dually!!!!! (Video!)

[wushaw]

Dennis, I'm only 1.5 minutes into the video & feel the need to stop it & give some advice. Your truck has an auto trans. One thing that about driving ANYTHING with an auto trans that's not mentioned nearly enough, if ever: If you find yourself in ANY slippery conditions with a vehicle with an auto trans, shift the trans into NEUTRAL when you go for the brake pedal!!!!! This will stop the rear wheels from pushing the locked front wheels. The same applies for front wheel drive! It's a tip I picked up many, MANY, years ago & has served me well. Second, it seems there's something contaminating the rear brake pads. Shouldn't be gear oil as a dually has what's called a "floating rear" so that only leaves brake fluid leaking from a wheel cylinder, or water getting in due to a shield missing on the backing plates, or the automatic adjusters aren't working properly. In any event, you should pull both rear brake drums, repack the wheel bearings, inspect (by pulling the outer seal away & looking for fluid) or replace the wheel cylinders. If the shoes are contaminated with brake fluid, replace them too! Lightly lube the adjuster between the shoes (screw the adjuster apart, clean & LIGHTLY lube them, they are left-hand thread on left side, right-hand thread on right side) & inspect EVERYTHING inside there.

Glad to see you got out with minimal collateral damage!

Ummm... Why is the red BRAKE light on the dash lit? LOL

I haven't seen the video but a dually or a 3/4 ton both have full floating rear ends (bolts that hold the axle in) and 1/2 tons have semi-floating ("C" clips, bearing pressed on axle with flange bolted to axle housing or some other method.
Either axle style still can leak gear oil onto the shoes with a bad axle seal.

 

[dieselgeek]

Dennis, I'm only 1.5 minutes into the video & feel the need to stop it & give some advice. Your truck has an auto trans. One thing that about driving ANYTHING with an auto trans that's not mentioned nearly enough, if ever: If you find yourself in ANY slippery conditions with a vehicle with an auto trans, shift the trans into NEUTRAL when you go for the brake pedal!!!!! This will stop the rear wheels from pushing the locked front wheels. The same applies for front wheel drive! It's a tip I picked up many, MANY, years ago & has served me well. Second, it seems there's something contaminating the rear brake pads. Shouldn't be gear oil as a dually has what's called a "floating rear" so that only leaves brake fluid leaking from a wheel cylinder, or water getting in due to a shield missing on the backing plates, or the automatic adjusters aren't working properly. In any event, you should pull both rear brake drums, repack the wheel bearings, inspect (by pulling the outer seal away & looking for fluid) or replace the wheel cylinders. If the shoes are contaminated with brake fluid, replace them too! Lightly lube the adjuster between the shoes (screw the adjuster apart, clean & LIGHTLY lube them, they are left-hand thread on left side, right-hand thread on right side) & inspect EVERYTHING inside there.

Glad to see you got out with minimal collateral damage!

Ummm... Why is the red BRAKE light on the dash lit? LOL

ehh, his Dana rear axle is indeed a full floater, but it has axle seals and they're very prone to leaking. You're probably right about the brakes dragging due to contamination but that would be from gear oil in the axle, likely not brake fluid. It's common on those trucks (I have owned one for 330,000 miles, and I replace the left rear axle seal about every 80,000 miles)

 

[dbdartman]

Thanx for clearing that up, guys. It's only been about 20 years since I did anything on a full-floating rear & I wasn't sure you could get gear oil on the brakes with one. Only played with one once or twice, however I can set the end-play on 66-72 Chrysler 8.75" rear axles in about 30 seconds.