Attention Gas/Oil Field Workers!!

[Jay W]

So if I'm not an oil field worker it's ok to drive 75mph in 4wd?

 

[Snoranger]

So if I'm not an oil field worker it's ok to drive 75mph with the hubs locked and not in 4wd?

I fixed it for you, Pay more attention.

 

[Jay W]

I fixed it for you, Pay more attention.

You missed my point. What does the damage have to do with the title of this thread?

 

[Ozwynn]

it is common for oil field workers and RR workers to run down the HWY with the hubs locked...... so it is more common for them to have this failure........ why.... you feeling left out?

 

[Jay W]

it is common for oil field workers and RR workers to run down the HWY with the hubs locked...... so it is more common for them to have this failure........ why.... you feeling left out?

NOPE. Just funny how different areas of the country think of certain things. Around here that would be loggers and farmers.

 

[Snoranger]

it is common for oil field workers and RR workers to run down the HWY with the hubs locked...... so it is more common for them to have this failure........ why.... you feeling left out?

Its also very common for their trucks to be neglected (low fluids, worn u-joints, etc).....Unlike the rest of the cars on the road that are actually well taken care of .

 

[Ozwynn]

NOPE. Just funny how different areas of the country think of certain things. Around here that would be loggers and farmers.

yeah ...... I hear ya ....... I grew up in the PNW........ that be Ford Country...

 

[gwaii]

2wd with the hubs locked shouldn't be a problem.


i'm guessing it was in 4hi on the highway when that happened.

 

[4x4mike2004]

I've seen quite a few company trucks get beaten, then towed to the shop after they break. If the desingers wanted the front to spin all the time i think they would have not used selectable hubs. As for the older stuff having te hubs left in lock, i thinl we can agree that "back in the day" stuff was built to last.

 

[adsm08]

So if I'm not an oil field worker it's ok to drive 75mph in 4wd?

Actually, because of V that V the average Joe might get away with it.

Its also very common for their trucks to be neglected (low fluids, worn u-joints, etc).....Unlike the rest of the cars on the road that are actually well taken care of .

Yeah, we usually get them in blown to bits and told "If it don't cost more than a new truck, just fix it. Call me when it's done."

i'm guessing it was in 4hi on the highway when that happened.

Well it was in 4-No when I got it. Manual shift case too with the shifter linkage buried in the floor board insulation and the pawl sitting on the skid plate. Kinda hard to guess what range it was in, but the driver claims he didn't bump it into 4x4.

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.

That makes the most sense of any explanation I've heard so far. The double cardan joint was locked up, but I just attributed it to being jammed from the shaft twisting itself in two a high speed.

 

[projectnitemare]

In a way having the hubs locked may have contributed to this problem but I doubt that's the true cause. As many have done for years run with their hubs always locked and verious other vehicles that have a flanged drive to the front axle those front outputs are always spinning. I would lean toward another neglect/failure. Oil pump failure or low fluid, bad u joint vibrating it apart, or an idiot driver. I'm sure that guy would say he nevr touched that shifter...he won't admit to it if he did. Sure unlocking the hubs will elminate all but the low oil or pump problem but i could never see that being the cause.

Matt

 

[Will]

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.

 

[Jay W]

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.

Or maybe some people need to maintain their rigs.

 

[Ozwynn]

sounds like there should be a recall--one that strips off the Superduty badge and replaces it with a wet Kleenex insignia.

tried to rep ya but I can't.

 

[wahlstrom1]

Or maybe some people need to maintain their rigs.

This! I have chevy's at work that do the same thing... idiots that run them in 4wd on hardpack because they're too stupid to run in 2wd or too scared...

And add the pump rub issue in on top of that....