IZwack
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- Joined
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- City, State
- Germantown, MD
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 1998 Ford Explorer
Actually, I broke this axle shaft when my vehicle was stuck in mud.
In this situation, the entire wheel was submerged in a river bank and therefore pretty much half of the entire tire's surface had firm grip on the ground in front of it. The river bed was just the consistency to not allow the tires to climb up on top of the surface and the tires therefore just kept moving earth out and to the side -- the tire with the broken axle shaft was just being dragged. Eventually the vehicle just dug two trenches (one for each tire track) with 3 ft walls and a path between the tires where earth was dragged by the axle and dumped into the river.
In this situation, the entire wheel was submerged in a river bank and therefore pretty much half of the entire tire's surface had firm grip on the ground in front of it. The river bed was just the consistency to not allow the tires to climb up on top of the surface and the tires therefore just kept moving earth out and to the side -- the tire with the broken axle shaft was just being dragged. Eventually the vehicle just dug two trenches (one for each tire track) with 3 ft walls and a path between the tires where earth was dragged by the axle and dumped into the river.
