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In reply to the discussion: Dorner abandon his vehicle because of a broken axle. [View all]HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)82. OK, i thought it was a Toyota.
Probably was making noise when they rolled it onto the wrecker. I bought an antique Buick several years ago and had it shipped to me. When we rolled it off the carrier it had an obvious bad rear wheel bearing.
I know all about c-clips and axle retainers. Don't know what Nissan has, but probably not c-clips. Only GM used them as far as I know. I'm sure the truck didn't have full-floating hubs either...thats usually the bigger stuff.
And of course it could be the housing, details are lacking.
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i'm not sure of the timeline, but is there a chance he could have gotten a ride from a friend?
farminator3000
Feb 2013
#90
Snapped axle shaft, broken ring gear tooth, etc all relatively common and possible
SWTORFanatic
Feb 2013
#69
Eh, the pictures I've seen of the truck didn't look like it was particularly rough terrain
Fumesucker
Feb 2013
#14
So, is he carrying a .50 caliber rifle, ammunition for it, and shoulder-fired rockets on foot now?
slackmaster
Feb 2013
#4
I can see how, another agency affects the arrest and put in another county's jail
nadinbrzezinski
Feb 2013
#48
He is already accused of killing a cop. Well, two cops, actually, since the fiancee of
LisaL
Feb 2013
#43
"from being the hunter to the hunted" media using his ego to smoke him out possibly?
Little Star
Feb 2013
#33