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It's not the transfer case that is the problem. It's the worn out front driveshaft double carden joint that allows the DS to spin at high speed OFF CENTER that eventually destroys the T-case. I've seen many, many of those failures and the drivers that were kinda paying attention at the time say there was a bad vibration just before the explosion.
A recall because their maintence department didn't check the U-Joints? (according to Bent Bolt's post anyway)Fact is, no matter the cause, this shouldn't be happening. These trucks say Superduty on the side. Bent Bolt has seen "many, many of these failures" and that sounds like there should be a recall--one that strips off the Superduty badge and replaces it with a wet Kleenex insignia.
From the stories that I have heard from my brother (Sr Master Ford Tech) the local rail road and power company do strange and unusual things to their trucks. And we have some mighty ambitious farmers doing creative things with their trucks in the area too... they don't compare.
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