tranny help
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From: Woodbridge, Ontario, CA
I see both of you have 2004 model year trucks in your signature. For what it's worth, it seems a certain build date of some late 2004 trucks were prone to having the reverse clutch drum snap ring break loose from the groove inside the case. There was a recall awhile back some time in 2005 to address this issue which has now expired unfortunately.
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From: Happy Valley, Oregon
I see both of you have 2004 model year trucks in your signature. For what it's worth, it seems a certain build date of some late 2004 trucks werie prone to having the reverse clutch drum snap ring break loose from the groove inside the case. There was a recall awhile back some time in 2005 to address this issue which has now expired unfortunately.
Frmr Ford Trans Engr
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From: SE Florida
I see both of you have 2004 model year trucks in your signature. For what it's worth, it seems a certain build date of some late 2004 trucks were prone to having the reverse clutch drum snap ring break loose from the groove inside the case. There was a recall awhile back some time in 2005 to address this issue which has now expired unfortunately.
There never was a recall for this. There was a Customer Satisfaction Program to fix only the trucks with the snow plow package. The reasoning was that the snap ring was more likely to come out of the groove with the repeated reverse engagements that happen when plowing snow. The transmissions are no different with or without the snow plow package.
The difference between a recall and a Customer Satisfaction Program is that recalls are only done for safety or emissions problems. This snap ring is neither. Recalls also never expire. A Customer Satisfaction Program can be turned on and off whenever the manufacturer wants to.
2004 trucks had a different problem. Sometime during the model year, and nobody has an exact time of when the problem started, one of the pins that holds a planetary gear in place was not staked properly. This pin would back out and rub on the adjoining piece. This created a lot of metal dust inside the trans.
