I need TRANSFER CASE ADVICE>>>MAYBE MORE
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I need TRANSFER CASE ADVICE>>>MAYBE MORE
Today, on my way to a crawfish boil on the lake, my rear universal joint housing on the drive shaft broke and the drive shaft dropped.
I got under there and noticed the transfer case was soaked with fluid and it was smoking. However, I took the drive shaft off, put the truck in 4x4 and drove it home with front wheel drive.
Does anyone have any expirience with this, I would have to think that something had to bind up to cause the housing to break....either the rear end, or the transfer case.
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That sounds realy odd,if some thing bound up i think it would have stayed bound, and not made it home, if it moved at all.
Did you lose traction and then grab real hard? Or do you think it might have been a slow break?
If it is a slip yoke, the yoke makes the seal. With out the yoke it would leak.
Was the case smoking or was there fluid on the exuast.
Bob
Did you lose traction and then grab real hard? Or do you think it might have been a slow break?
If it is a slip yoke, the yoke makes the seal. With out the yoke it would leak.
Was the case smoking or was there fluid on the exuast.
Bob
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I had just drove 60 miles so everything was probably hot so the fluid was probably just burning off everything. It had been sort of humming for a while and vibrating when I got to a certain speed. It sort of seemed like it could have been an unballanced tire(s). It now seems that was not the case. When it did break, I was turning a corner, no out of the ordinary driving but when it broke , it just straight broke............all of a sudden I heard a big pop then I heard the drive shaft flopping around.
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Sounds like it may have started with a bad u-joint and progressed from there. Then the big gator that you ran over on his way to the craw-fish boil grabbed ahold of your driveshaft and wrestled it down the rest of the way. I think he wanted to get there before you. Question is, did he? LOL
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Horton, you are exactly right... I took the universal out of the housing and it was in the worst shape that I've ever seen one in. Now I just need to figure out why my transfer casse was so wet.
