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Old Mar 10, 2004 | 09:58 PM
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Drivetrain rumble when cold??

My 04/04 PSD X has a rumble in the drivetrain when accelerating hard (WOT). It does not do it all the time and I have been trying to find the pattern of this rumble.

Seems to do this during the first 10 - 15 minutes of driving and then stops doing it once the drivetrain reaches normal operating temperature.

Is anyone else with the 6.0/ Torqshift drivetrain experiencing this?

Any thoughts on what is going on?
 
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Old Mar 11, 2004 | 08:08 PM
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welcome to the site, its a super duty 6.0
 
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Old Mar 11, 2004 | 11:28 PM
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I suggest you check under your truck. Look for the obvious: u-joints, front end, drive shaft play...etc.

But again, it is a 6.0L SD...just like tn mac mentioned.

 
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Old Mar 12, 2004 | 05:35 PM
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Originally posted by biz4two
I suggest you check under your truck. Look for the obvious: u-joints, front end, drive shaft play...etc.

But again, it is a 6.0L SD...just like tn mac mentioned.

Have already checked the obvious. What really stumps me is that it seems to go away once the truck warms up.

I guess I will be forced to talk to my service dept. but really hoped to avoid it.
 
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Old Mar 12, 2004 | 07:22 PM
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Re: Drivetrain rumble when cold??

Originally posted by DFW1
My 04/04 PSD X has a rumble in the drivetrain when accelerating hard (WOT). It does not do it all the time and I have been trying to find the pattern of this rumble.

Seems to do this during the first 10 - 15 minutes of driving and then stops doing it once the drivetrain reaches normal operating temperature.

Is anyone else with the 6.0/ Torqshift drivetrain experiencing this?

Any thoughts on what is going on?
Kinda curious why you go WOT when it is still cold?
 
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Old Mar 13, 2004 | 09:01 PM
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Re: Re: Drivetrain rumble when cold??

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Kinda curious why you go WOT when it is still cold?
Had to hit it hard pulling into traffic one day and noticed the rumble. For the first several months and couple of thousand miles I did not know it did this as I had not needed to get on it when cold.

Now that I know it does this it bugs me. I have driven other 6.0 PSD X's and they do not have this rumble when cold.

What bothers me the most is that I can not think of a reason for it to be doing this. What is changing when warm to make the rumble go away?
 
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Old Mar 13, 2004 | 09:27 PM
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keep trying I am sure you will figure it out
 
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Old Mar 14, 2004 | 08:11 PM
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check your hanger bng. i had a 1/2 play in my 04 doing the same thing. the factory bng is cheep made, however so is the replacement
 
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