I have a 04 dodge durango with awd and 4x4, my side mechanic said he put on a used axle with out any of these hookups, is that okay? When he brought my car back, my rear would lock up everytime I turn the wheel, so he disconnected the 4x4 and put my car in 2wd, is that okay of my car is awd and 4x4?…

I take it he replaced the entire rear axle and differential assembly from a 2WD Durango or Dakota. This is not a problem as long as the differential has the same gear ratio as the original. It sounds like it did not and it wrecked the transfer case. Your mechanic is a hack, IMO. I hope he’s insured …

All I know is that he replaced the axle in the rear, and still used my existing differential, he’s telling me that because I drove my car with a bad axle for week before he could fix it, mind you he told me I could drive just keep it under 60mph, that that could of messed my transfer case up? I’m so…

His explanation makes no sense. An incorrect axle shaft wouldn’t fit the axle housing. Are you sure your original REAR differential was used? It really sounds like he’s trying to weasel out of fixing his mess.

Does your receipt indicate any of this information??

So when my car first broke down, my car was getting towed and the differential, that long pipe that goes down the middle of my car and connects to my rear axle came off, he came over took it completely off and said it’s okay, it’s not damaged, put it in his truck and said, I’ll just reconnect this, …

He’s a side mechanic so no receipt, and he never gave me one for the axle I purchased over the phone from a junk yard, I don’t know what to do, I gave this guy 500 to put on, and now I feel like I’m stuck, it’s not right

Okay, this is a little different scenario. You are describing the driveshaft, not the differential. You apparently had a U-joint fail, causing it to drop. Removing it and putting the transfer case into AWD would allow you to drive the truck as a front wheel drive vehicle. This may have destroyed the…

When he brought my car back, it was locking up in the back, that’s when he said yea I got an axle that didn’t have awd or 4x4, so from what I understood, he came and took my car for 4 hours and said he disconnected everything, and put it into 2wd, but then now my transfer case goes bad a week later …

It sounds like the mechanic installed a rear axle with a different gear ratio than what was originally in the truck. If so, you will indeed destroy the transfer case if you use 4wd because the gear ratio in the front differential will be different than the rear. Basically, the front axle will now tr…

Wrong axle put on

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Wrong axle put on

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