SOURCE: Pattaya Daily News: September 9th 2008

AXLE- BROKEN-TRUCK ROLLS ON A MENDER UNDERNEATH

A man who had made the effort to repair the axle of a six-wheeler-truck, was rolled on by the front wheel, while he was underneath, because the handbrake was not engaged. He was rescued by his companion but seriously injured.

On September 8th, 2008, authority of Rojana Thamasatien rescue center, Sattahip, Chonburi, was alert that a six-wheeler-truck had rolled on a mender underneath and caused a serious injury. The incident happened on the road in Soi Khao-Hmon, Moo 7, Plu-talueng, Sattahip, Chonburi. The rescue team with an ambulance rushed to help.

At the scene, Mr. Pisan Thiengthong (37), a truck driver of a hotel in Sattahip, had been helped; out of under the blue Toyota six-wheeler-truck, license No. 84-1613, Chonburi. He was seriously injured around his left ribs. The authority helped aid him and transferred him directly to Somdet Pranangjao Sirikit, Navy hospital.

Mr. Sunthorn Ros-klin (32), injury's companion, told that, Mr. Pisan was driving the truck from the hotel to the mushroom farm in Soi Khao-Hmon. Coming to the slope where the incident occurred, the axle was broken.

Mr. Pisan went under the truck and made the effort to repair, but forgot to put the handbrake on. The truck had moved and rolled on his left ribs. He then rushed to pull on the handbrake before asking the neighbor to help Mr. Pisan out safely. Mr. Sunthorn said.

Photograph courtesy of Pattaya Daily News

Truck: Heavy

Don't anyone laugh, or make an inappropriate comment

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Drive shaft ?

Yeah, it's the propshaft (probably a driveshaft to americans). If it's worn out before breaking it would have made an horrendous noise for many weeks. Hard to tell from the photo but possible bolts have come loose and it's fallen apart. Either way the noise would have been too much for most people for far too long to get to this point

It looks like the hanger bearing bolts came loose, so then the shaft was flopping around, and the universal joint failed.

I believe that the large piece almost at the end of the front section of the driveshaft is the hanger bearing...should be bolted to the frame of the truck.

I had a hanger bearing fail on a pickup truck once...it was noisy as hel_l, but I was able to limp it home about two miles.

Edit: Kant spel

Where is the shaking head smilie?

So many of these stories just leave me shaking my head.