If you are hearing ugly grinding noises when driving around in your Dodge Ram, it's one of two things: if you hear it when applying the brakes, it means your brake pads have worn away and the brake calipers are starting to scrape the bare metal of the brake rotor. If the grinding sound is ongoing, however, it means your Dodge Ram Axle Assembly may have sustained some serious damage. This problem is especially common with four-wheel drive vehicles that are used primarily on rough terrain.

The Dodge Ram Axle Assembly is made up of an axle shaft, CV (constant velocity)joints and the U (universal) joint. Its function is to transmit the rotational of the transmission motion to the drive wheels.

Unless your Dodge Ram has four-wheel or front-wheel drive, chances are it won't have all of these. For those trucks that employ such an axle assembly, however, all of these moving parts must be carefully packed in grease and sealed and protected from the elements for these to function smoothly and properly. The rubber gasket with accordion-like folds that surrounds the CV-joints are called "boots." These must be durable enough to keep dirt and dust away from the precision joints. It takes only a brief exposure to road contaminants in order to create substantial damage. Replacement of a cracked or torn boot is no small task, assuming you even have the specialized tools required for the job. As you might imagine, repair of a damaged Dodge Ram Axle Assembly is difficult and expensive.It may be more economical to replace the entire thing, in which case you should see us first for the best deals.