2008 Cab lights
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From: Wake Forest, NC
Even though superobertduty is coming off a little rough, he is right. Ford Motor Company will not cover an issue with the lights or the sheetmetal if they are installed after the factory. A dealer installing, or having them installed is not the same thing as FORD doing it. It is a common misconception that if a dealer adds something it is the same as it coming from the factory and it is not. I think that is his real concern with this modification, even if the chance of there being an issue is low. At the dealer I sold at for a little while, they sent stuff like that down the street to an aftermarket truck place. The customer probably thought it was all Ford stuff when in reality it probably wasn't.
I don't understand why everyone ditches the ESOF hubs. The first word out of anyones mouth when someone has a problem is "get rid of 'em". Yet I wouldn't own or recommend to anyone a 6.0 PSD, while many people would and have little problem with them. We each have our own ways and lists of concerns and things we are willing to take a chance on. In the end it is up to the individual.
I don't understand why everyone ditches the ESOF hubs. The first word out of anyones mouth when someone has a problem is "get rid of 'em". Yet I wouldn't own or recommend to anyone a 6.0 PSD, while many people would and have little problem with them. We each have our own ways and lists of concerns and things we are willing to take a chance on. In the end it is up to the individual.
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An easy way to clear this up is ask the dealer doing the installation if THEY'll cover rust. And get it in writing.
I got rid of my ESOF hubs after one failed to latch going into 4HI. It'd lock for 40 seconds during the initial vacuum pulse, and then unlock. Turned out I had worn out the locking mechanism.
AND - when I was playing around in there, did you ever notice how WEAK the ESOF auto hub is? The locking ring is so small as to be laughable.
The Warns are certainly a BIG step up in strength.
I got rid of my ESOF hubs after one failed to latch going into 4HI. It'd lock for 40 seconds during the initial vacuum pulse, and then unlock. Turned out I had worn out the locking mechanism.
AND - when I was playing around in there, did you ever notice how WEAK the ESOF auto hub is? The locking ring is so small as to be laughable.
The Warns are certainly a BIG step up in strength.
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Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 3,881
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From: Wake Forest, NC
An easy way to clear this up is ask the dealer doing the installation if THEY'll cover rust. And get it in writing.
I got rid of my ESOF hubs after one failed to latch going into 4HI. It'd lock for 40 seconds during the initial vacuum pulse, and then unlock. Turned out I had worn out the locking mechanism.
AND - when I was playing around in there, did you ever notice how WEAK the ESOF auto hub is? The locking ring is so small as to be laughable.
The Warns are certainly a BIG step up in strength.
I got rid of my ESOF hubs after one failed to latch going into 4HI. It'd lock for 40 seconds during the initial vacuum pulse, and then unlock. Turned out I had worn out the locking mechanism.
AND - when I was playing around in there, did you ever notice how WEAK the ESOF auto hub is? The locking ring is so small as to be laughable.
The Warns are certainly a BIG step up in strength.
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