Back ordered equipment or parts?

[grsthegreat]

funny...i have a broken rear shock that i just found on my 1994 dodge ram diesel. never felt anything. only reason i noticed it is because it finally crimped the wire feeding the shell light and the fuse kept blowing. the bracket on the frame broke. just how important is a rear shock on a truck that never goes offroad. only use 4x4 in the snow on roads?

 

[rScotty]

funny...i have a broken rear shock that i just found on my 1994 dodge ram diesel. never felt anything. only reason i noticed it is because it finally crimped the wire feeding the shell light and the fuse kept blowing. the bracket on the frame broke. just how important is a rear shock on a truck that never goes offroad. only use 4x4 in the snow on roads?

The shock is just supposed to prevent the spring from oscillating. If that starts up then the back can jump up and down & you lose control. So the OEM shock is there more for highway speeds, washboards, and heavy loads than for off-road or slower speed in the snow.

There are combination "heavy duty offroad" shocks sold that have an additional spring built into the shock absorber. Bad idea. Those are well known for breaking shock mounts.

Without one rear shock functional, if you don't drive it at highway speeds or with a load you'll be OK. If you have, you've been lucky. Expect it may bounce some.

Might ask yourself why the bracket broke. Most of the ones I've fixed broke mounting brackets because OEM shocks were replaced with heavy duty type.
rScotty

 

[grsthegreat]

The shock is just supposed to prevent the spring from oscillating. If that starts up then the back can jump up and down & you lose control. So the OEM shock is there more for highway speeds, washboards, and heavy loads than for off-road or slower speed in the snow.

There are combination "heavy duty offroad" shocks sold that have an additional spring built into the shock absorber. Bad idea. Those are well known for breaking shock mounts.

Without one rear shock functional, if you don't drive it at highway speeds or with a load you'll be OK. If you have, you've been lucky. Expect it may bounce some.

Might ask yourself why the bracket broke. Most of the ones I've fixed broke mounting brackets because OEM shocks were replaced with heavy duty type.
rScotty

Thanks, i did have shocks replaced. Few years back.

 

[rScotty]

Thanks, i did have shocks replaced. Few years back.

Your welcome. BTW, it's kind of difficult to get a good repair on a shock bracket. Find someone who knows what they are doing.

 

[Hay Dude]

Mines been broken 6 months. Finally came in. I wouldnt have known it was broken if the shock absorber oil didn’t leak out on the pavement

 

[alexpops]

ABS controller for 2011 Silverado going on 11 months now. GM national backorder with no delivery estimate. I guess they figure that a 60k truck is disposable at 10 yrs

 

[finn1]

ABS controller for 2011 Silverado going on 11 months now. GM national backorder with no delivery estimate. I guess they figure that a 60k truck is disposable at 10 yrs

At some point, I would source a used one.

 

[newbury]

Cant wait to hoist a 5 G pail up 4 feet to fill tractor….
NAPA store told me Shell Rotella back ordered until January!

Put the 5 G pail in your tractor bucket and use a siphon.
/edit - the Rotella T4 web page doesn't show a 10W40.
Shows 15W40 and 10W30.

 

[Hay Dude]

Put the 5 G pail in your tractor bucket and use a siphon.
/edit - the Rotella T4 web page doesn't show a 10W40.
Shows 15W40 and 10W30.

Yes it’s 15-40, my bad
Tractor doesn’t have a loader

thanks for visiting their webpage and making the correction

 

[RickB]

A lot more oil gets sold in 5 gallon buckets than gets poured directly into an engine from that bucket.
You'll figure something out.
Talk about a first world problem.

 

[Hay Dude]

A lot more oil gets sold in 5 gallon buckets than gets poured directly into an engine from that bucket.
You'll figure something out.
Talk about a first world problem.

It’s already changed and done.

Even though I’m a mountain man, it’s easier to pour 1’s or 2.5’s than a 5 when your fill hole is 5 feet in the air.
The point I’m trying to make is the shelves are emptying fast of the goods that make life easy.
Thats not a good sign.

 

[coast40]

Mines been broken 6 months. Finally came in. I wouldnt have known it was broken if the shock absorber oil didn’t leak out on the pavement

Just curious, did you try Rock Auto? Must be a common problem. My son had a broken rear shock on his 08 Ram 1500.

 

[Hay Dude]

I just waited for the free replacement under warranty

 

[fasttruck860]

My wife's Mazda CX-9 has a cracked block at 59k miles, just made the warranty. That was the end of September and we still don't know when we'll get a new engine. Every month they tell us 2 months more

It could be worse, but she's driving a brand new loaner and we've put about 6k miles on it. I estimate by the time we give it back it will have 15k miles.

I went out this week to look for a hybrid SUV since I drive so much that the gas savings would pretty much pay the payments over driving my truck. Multiple dealers told me 3-6 months if I ordered now, but I'm reading it's more like 10 months now

 

[str8six]

Got my new tractor the last week of September. I moved it about 100 feet and removed the front end loader and hooked the bat wing to it an put about 40 hours on it mowing and grading driveways and on November 6th I hooked the front end loader back up and found one of the cylinders had a major leak at a JIC fitting. It had a small dent on the tapered flare like it had been bumped into something at assembly. I have been back and forth with the dealer every week since then and to this day have no clue if I will ever get a new cylinder. I got the corporate side involved because out of all the parts I have tried to order for this tractor from this dealer they have never been ordered or been able to get anything for me. The corporate guys say about a 20 day lead time to get a new cylinder. I guess my issue is two fold, the obvious supply chain issues and a dealer that much like everyone in customer service these days just doesn't care.

 

[cathy liebchen]

Brown Bush Hogs unavailable until at least March

 

[rScotty]

Got my new tractor the last week of September. I moved it about 100 feet and removed the front end loader and hooked the bat wing to it an put about 40 hours on it mowing and grading driveways and on November 6th I hooked the front end loader back up and found one of the cylinders had a major leak at a JIC fitting. It had a small dent on the tapered flare like it had been bumped into something at assembly. I have been back and forth with the dealer every week since then and to this day have no clue if I will ever get a new cylinder. I got the corporate side involved because out of all the parts I have tried to order for this tractor from this dealer they have never been ordered or been able to get anything for me. The corporate guys say about a 20 day lead time to get a new cylinder. I guess my issue is two fold, the obvious supply chain issues and a dealer that much like everyone in customer service these days just doesn't care.

The dealer probably doesn't care because he doesn't know any other way to fix it than to bolt on a brand new part.

But any experienced mechanic knows there are half a dozen ways to fix that problem and all of them easier and involve less time and money than you and the dealer have already spent. All they need is a real journeyman mechanic in a real shop.

Maybe this shortage will re-create the do-it-all mechanical shop staffed with people who know how to fix things. We used to have that those every town. That would be a gain for everyone.
rScotty

 

[str8six]

The dealer probably doesn't care because he doesn't know any other way to fix it than to bolt on a brand new part.

But any experienced mechanic knows there are half a dozen ways to fix that problem and all of them easier and involve less time and money than you and the dealer have already spent. All they need is a real journeyman mechanic in a real shop.

Maybe this shortage will re-create the do-it-all mechanical shop staffed with people who know how to fix things. We used to have that those every town. That would be a gain for everyone.
rScotty

If it weren't for the warranty aspect of it I would already have it fixed. The manufacture won't approve any repair, only replacement. I have welded plenty of new fittings in hydraulic cylinders and will most likely do this one if they can't give me anything more by the end of this month. I even offered the best all around solution strait to the manufacture and they said no. I wanted to send it to a local mom and pop hydraulic shop and let them fix it. That would get my tractor going, take the warranty off of the OEM, save the OEM at least $1200 and support the local small business! I felt for sure the supporting local small business would have sold them on my idea but no such luck. It sure sucks to have a brand new tractor that cost what this one did from a very large well know OEM that I am going to have to repair myself before I can use it this winter. If they ever do get me a new cylinder and want this one back I dare them to say something about the fitting in it being repaired! We have bought 4 of these new tractors in the last three years from them and this is the only failure we have ever had on any of them, it sucks it was on a brand new one and there is no effort to get it fixed on their part like you said.

 

[mike0000]

I ordered a 60” King Kutter three point tiller 10-8-21 from my local Rural King. Upfront I was told expected delivery between 12-31-21 1-28-22 not a problem due to my needing it next spring. Today I was told updated expected ship date is 02-04-22. The current price has risen $350 from my October order date, I was told I would be charged the original 10-8 price (RK card used for order has not been charged Yet).
Hopefully it will arrive by spring.

Mike

 

[Hay Dude]

I also have one (of six) TPMS out on my Ram. Apparently these things are notorious on many brands.
Been waiting on that since it went out in July. They replaced all 6 in a campaign, but even the “new improved” ones are notorious.