snap ring broke...
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snap ring broke...
i went home to minnesota a couple weeks ago. while i was there a snap ring broke, it was on the tail shaft after it comes out of the transfer case right up against the last bearing. has anyone else had problems with this?? The previous owner of the truck is my uncle and it had did it to him once before too. i got lucky.... when it broke on him he bought two snap rings in case it did it again (mainly because it took 3-4 days to get it from the dealer) any insight on this would be great. it's an easy fix i just don't want it to happen on one of my road trips. thanks -Chris
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Somewhat common.
I have had one truck that was bad, it would break the snap ring about every 15-20k miles. I was pretty quick at fixing it and sold the truck before I had the trans worked on by someone else.
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Ya there is an up grade for that. I had a Ford diesel in my mirror, I was wanting to enter the highway. So the last time I looked I was boosting through 16 lbs, and boom. Probably over 20 when it broke. I took out everything including the chain.
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This is where I purchased my snap ring. I believe it is actually from a Ford T/case.
http://www.transfercases.com/
http://www.transfercases.com/
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This is the part I put on min to keep the transfer case in one piece.
http://www.drivetrain.com/gillies/Tcasesaver.html
http://www.drivetrain.com/gillies/Tcasesaver.html
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This is the part I put on min to keep the transfer case in one piece.
http://www.drivetrain.com/gillies/Tcasesaver.html
http://www.drivetrain.com/gillies/Tcasesaver.html
oops on edit: It appears this product does not fit a 241HD which is what I have.. The guy from drivetrain specialists is trying to find me a aircraft grade snap ring.
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thanks for the help. i'm most likely going to get that t-case saver. it loks like an easy solution to this stupid problem. not that its hard to fix... just don't want it to happen going down the road. thanks again!!