What to do?

[wayfast1500]

I just bought a 98 ram 1500 sport with the 5.9 in it, truck had 94,000 when I bought it 6 weeks ago. I was driving it this morning going to school on the highway, the rear left tire flew off as I was doing 70mph. The state police had it towed, I called the dealership that I bought it from, they picked it up. Their telling me that theres 2g worth of damage but their not going to cover it because they cant see anything they did wrong. All 5 of the studs snapped off, brake drum flew off, tire is gone. Only thing I can think of to cause all 5 studs to snap like that was they over torqued the tire on when they did the pre sale inspection and since today was the first time I had a load in the truck on the highway (my atv--yamaha banshee so it isnt too heavy) it put too much stress on the studs and snapped them. I havnt nor has anyone else taken the tires off since I bought it, I was thinking of taking a broken stud and a good stud to school and putting them in the hardness tester to prove they over torqued the studs and caused them to weaken? I need some ideas on how to get them to cover the damages they caused.

 

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[Wildcardracing]

I just bought a 98 ram 1500 sport with the 5.9 in it, truck had 94,000 when I bought it 6 weeks ago. I was driving it this morning going to school on the highway, the rear left tire flew off as I was doing 70mph. The state police had it towed, I called the dealership that I bought it from, they picked it up. Their telling me that theres 2g worth of damage but their not going to cover it because they cant see anything they did wrong. All 5 of the studs snapped off, brake drum flew off, tire is gone. Only thing I can think of to cause all 5 studs to snap like that was they over torqued the tire on when they did the pre sale inspection and since today was the first time I had a load in the truck on the highway (my atv--yamaha banshee so it isnt too heavy) it put too much stress on the studs and snapped them. I havnt nor has anyone else taken the tires off since I bought it, I was thinking of taking a broken stud and a good stud to school and putting them in the hardness tester to prove they over torqued the studs and caused them to weaken? I need some ideas on how to get them to cover the damages they caused.

 

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http://s76.photobucket.com/albums/j2...1223322877.jpg

Sorry to say, but most if not all used car dealerships I know of will only cover anything of this sort for 15-30 days after the sale of the vehicle. Anytime you buy a used vehicle "buyer beware". It sucks bad, but there's likely nothing you can do if they're not willing to work with you on it. Always a good idea to have a reputable mechanic do a thorough inspection on any used vehicle purchase. Good luck.

[dirtfreak]

dude that sux.didnt you have insurance.

[wayfast1500]

dude that sux.didnt you have insurance.

i have insurance but i have a clean record so i dont want to make a claim over this

[LS1Inferno]

if the tire only came off the the only thing i can see is a new brake mounting plate, brake system, and drum, the only other thing you need to do is tear down the axle and have new studs pressed in, is shouldnt cost anynear 2g's if you do it youself from a slavage yard. got pics? those links dont work

[wayfast1500]

The axles bent, new tire, rim, all brakes. The 2g was including labor and the tow too. If I end up paying for it ill just get a full axle out of a junk yard and just buy a new tire and rim, it will only take a few hours to swap it out there isnt much to it.

[#1banshee]

what ever happen?