Reverse Gear Reliability in Auto Tranny
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From: Los Gatos USA
Reverse Gear Reliability in Auto Tranny
Oh hi,
Read an interesting tidbit in the recent issue of Trailer Life. A guy wrote in about the failure of reverse gear on his '99 F250SD. He has to back is 5th wheel 180' up a 22% grade. Reverse gear failed. Ford Fixed but said it won't be covered again because it exceeds the limits for reverse. Apparently you can only reverse up an 8% grade.
This is a problem for me, except I don't have a load. I have to back up a 15% grade for about 50'
Any comments?
Read an interesting tidbit in the recent issue of Trailer Life. A guy wrote in about the failure of reverse gear on his '99 F250SD. He has to back is 5th wheel 180' up a 22% grade. Reverse gear failed. Ford Fixed but said it won't be covered again because it exceeds the limits for reverse. Apparently you can only reverse up an 8% grade.
This is a problem for me, except I don't have a load. I have to back up a 15% grade for about 50'
Any comments?
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From: Troy USA
Reverse Gear Reliability in Auto Tranny
I guess one answer is don't tell Ford you were backing up a grade that steep...
Sometime playing stupid helps. Dishonest? Well, maybe... but remeber who you are dealing with. Manufacturers will do anything to get out of fixing something under warranty.
Also, is there anything in the warranty that explicitly states that? I would bet if they could legally get out of fixing it because the warranty does not cover this steep of a grade in reverse with a full moon on Tuesday, they wouldn't have fixed it the first time.
Sometime playing stupid helps. Dishonest? Well, maybe... but remeber who you are dealing with. Manufacturers will do anything to get out of fixing something under warranty.
Also, is there anything in the warranty that explicitly states that? I would bet if they could legally get out of fixing it because the warranty does not cover this steep of a grade in reverse with a full moon on Tuesday, they wouldn't have fixed it the first time.
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Reverse Gear Reliability in Auto Tranny
There have been some reports of guys "burning up" their tranny while backing trailers. The damage comes from a lack of cooling while moving at slow speed. Specifically, guys with the PSD are having the most problems. So many, in fact, that Ford issued a TSB to install an auxillary cooler on the trucks that came in for transmission repairs.
