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Old Aug 22, 2011 | 09:14 PM
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What is the difference between "married" & "divorced" transfer cases? Is one more desirable than the other? How do you tell the difference?

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Old Aug 22, 2011 | 09:19 PM
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a married transfer case is when the transfer case is mated with the transmission, and divorced means there is a driveshaft in between transmission and transfer case.
 
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^^^ he's right.

The way to tell is the intermediate driveshaft. If its married it doesn't have one. IMHO, married is better because it's one less set of U-joints that you can break. If your truck is lifted though, a divorced set up may be better in order to clear a crossmember or something. Are you looking to buy a truck, or do you have one already and are just curious?
 
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Originally Posted by BiltFordTuff
a married transfer case is when the transfer case is mated with the transmission, and divorced means there is a driveshaft in between transmission and transfer case.
BiltFordTuff,

Thank you, I never knew that.

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Originally Posted by wyckedcombo17
^^^ he's right.

The way to tell is the intermediate driveshaft. If its married it doesn't have one. IMHO, married is better because it's one less set of U-joints that you can break. If your truck is lifted though, a divorced set up may be better in order to clear a crossmember or something. Are you looking to buy a truck, or do you have one already and are just curious?
wyckedcombo17,

I do have a '79 F-350 4x4 and was curious as to the difference between T-cases. Thanks for your input and info.

P.S. I'm always looking to buy a truck that I like and can afford.

Dennis
 
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Old Aug 23, 2011 | 12:09 AM
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just like with a wife , married shes all over your butt trying to get you to do things around the house , divorced shes all over your butt long distance looking for alimony money !
 
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