2nd cracked tailhousing
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Laughing Gas
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2nd cracked tailhousing
Just a rant thread.
My truck is an absolute pile of ****.
Driveshaft failed recently, violent shaking on the freeway - by the time I got to a stop (drove it a mile or so?) the tail-housing was cracked as well. This is the SECOND time this has happened in 30k miles. Yes, I service the u joints, at minimum, every 5k with the oil change, and usually once in between.
I cannot wait to rid myself of this horrible truck. I am getting this fixed then selling this ****ing nightmare. It has been the worst automotive endeavor I have ever endured. Horrible design flaws - between the idiotic valley oil drain above the clutch (replaced that twice too!) to these ****ty transmission support components... I will NEVER buy another Ford.
That is all.
My truck is an absolute pile of ****.
Driveshaft failed recently, violent shaking on the freeway - by the time I got to a stop (drove it a mile or so?) the tail-housing was cracked as well. This is the SECOND time this has happened in 30k miles. Yes, I service the u joints, at minimum, every 5k with the oil change, and usually once in between.
I cannot wait to rid myself of this horrible truck. I am getting this fixed then selling this ****ing nightmare. It has been the worst automotive endeavor I have ever endured. Horrible design flaws - between the idiotic valley oil drain above the clutch (replaced that twice too!) to these ****ty transmission support components... I will NEVER buy another Ford.
That is all.
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Laughing Gas
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Oh let's not forget the oil pan fitting! Congrats to the absolute ****-tard that designed that. WTF?
This left me stranded right before my trip, so I have a brand new $300 bull**** diesel-********.com golden ticket part installed now. Works great!
This left me stranded right before my trip, so I have a brand new $300 bull**** diesel-********.com golden ticket part installed now. Works great!
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If you are serious, there are plenty of people on here willing to take that pile of crap off your hands.
Sometimes you just have a hard run of luck, I had my own experience this weekend with the truck. Although, these are 1st world problems and I for one have seen and experienced much worse problems.
I would say if you are serious, post your truck in the marketplace and then in the sticky thread at the top of the sub-forum.
Sometimes you just have a hard run of luck, I had my own experience this weekend with the truck. Although, these are 1st world problems and I for one have seen and experienced much worse problems.
I would say if you are serious, post your truck in the marketplace and then in the sticky thread at the top of the sub-forum.
Tuned
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From: Colorado Front Range
There's a couple of ways to wind up with a FUBARED tail housing (probably more in the same vein).
Let the driveshaft get out of sync (fail to mark alignment of each component on disassembly and reassemble to balance).
Dump the clutch on 3000 rpm.
Excessive lift kit.
Assume a truck designed to haul heavy on road is suitable for serious off road high speed moguls, ruts, and jumps.
Sorry, sounds like abusive operation to me. I been wrong before.
Let the driveshaft get out of sync (fail to mark alignment of each component on disassembly and reassemble to balance).
Dump the clutch on 3000 rpm.
Excessive lift kit.
Assume a truck designed to haul heavy on road is suitable for serious off road high speed moguls, ruts, and jumps.
Sorry, sounds like abusive operation to me. I been wrong before.
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Laughing Gas
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There's a couple of ways to wind up with a FUBARED tail housing (probably more in the same vein).
Let the driveshaft get out of sync (fail to mark alignment of each component on disassembly and reassemble to balance).
Dump the clutch on 3000 rpm.
Excessive lift kit.
Assume a truck designed to haul heavy on road is suitable for serious off road high speed moguls, ruts, and jumps.
Sorry, sounds like abusive operation to me. I been wrong before.
Let the driveshaft get out of sync (fail to mark alignment of each component on disassembly and reassemble to balance).
Dump the clutch on 3000 rpm.
Excessive lift kit.
Assume a truck designed to haul heavy on road is suitable for serious off road high speed moguls, ruts, and jumps.
Sorry, sounds like abusive operation to me. I been wrong before.
. The truck has been driven a lot of places, but not hard.
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Laughing Gas
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If you are serious, there are plenty of people on here willing to take that pile of crap off your hands.
Sometimes you just have a hard run of luck, I had my own experience this weekend with the truck. Although, these are 1st world problems and I for one have seen and experienced much worse problems.
Sometimes you just have a hard run of luck, I had my own experience this weekend with the truck. Although, these are 1st world problems and I for one have seen and experienced much worse problems.
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I hear you and understand. I neglected to buy a cardan joint rebuild kit for my driveshaft and didn't realize it until we got it all apart this weekend. So, now my truck is in the mountains of north GA 2 hours away with no driveshaft. Luckily Jason knows a driveshaft specialist near him that can rectify the issue pretty easily and make sure the shaft is good to go back on the truck.
Frustrating nonetheless, but fixable in the end.
Frustrating nonetheless, but fixable in the end.
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Laughing Gas
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I hear you and understand. I neglected to buy a cardan joint rebuild kit for my driveshaft and didn't realize it until we got it all apart this weekend. So, now my truck is in the mountains of north GA 2 hours away with no driveshaft. Luckily Jason knows a driveshaft specialist near him that can rectify the issue pretty easily and make sure the shaft is good to go back on the truck.
Frustrating nonetheless, but fixable in the end.
Frustrating nonetheless, but fixable in the end.
Hotshot
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From: Las Cruces New Mexico
Get rid of it, once a vehicle leaves you a bad taste, get rid of it no sense in getting frustrated over something that can be remedied by selling it.
Good luck on your next purchase.
Good luck on your next purchase.
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