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Old Nov 7, 2008 | 04:25 AM
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4WD with different front and rear gear ratios

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Old Nov 7, 2008 | 04:29 AM
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my quick guess would be with the ratio extremes, perhaps you were having problems sync'ing?

with your body style, the IWE solenoids are common problem? they tend to get a small amount of dirt or water in the line and then stop working? again this is just what i read before.
 
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Old Nov 7, 2008 | 04:42 AM
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Old Nov 7, 2008 | 04:07 PM
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Old Nov 8, 2008 | 12:17 PM
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Why are you even trying to use 4wd with those ratios? I'm sure you realized when you only did HALF a job that you couldn't use 4wd till you finished the job.........

I can't prove it, but I'm guessing that you have trashed the transfer case.
 
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Old Nov 8, 2008 | 12:22 PM
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Why would you ever think that two different ratios could work together at the same time? Something has to give.
 
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Old Nov 8, 2008 | 08:17 PM
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x2 transfer case is probably gone those ratios are two different exremes
 
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Old Nov 8, 2008 | 08:44 PM
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I would think the diff would blow b4 a T case
 
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Old Nov 8, 2008 | 09:29 PM
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i think your an idiot for even trying it...but thats just my .02
 
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Old Nov 9, 2008 | 12:39 AM
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Originally Posted by yetti96
I would think the diff would blow b4 a T case
the the T-case is messed up one way or the other.

theres no way for the power to get down to blow the diff. the reason that you cant have 2 different ratios is do to the gears inside the T-case. With to different ratios the driveshafts bind up and can rip apart the insides of the T-case

The unit that is hit first will be destroyed which would be the T-case.

But like i said early in another post. Ford may have some type of safty mechanism in the t-case that if this happens it breaks a less expensive part than destroyin the whole t-case. Thats just a geuss though.
 
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Old Nov 9, 2008 | 04:28 AM
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trimble, the front pig isnt that strong, you may want to give the t-case a little more faith but not rule it out.
 
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Old Nov 9, 2008 | 10:40 AM
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i think your an idiot for even trying it...but thats just my .02
Probably never thought he would use his 4wd since he's running 24's......

Should've been prepared for it anyway
 
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Old Nov 9, 2008 | 12:43 PM
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Probably never thought he would use his 4wd since he's running 24's......

Should've been prepared for it anyway
24s dont entitle you to being a moron...however, lack of common sense does
 
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I have never owned a 4x4 and know nothing about them, but common sense tells me that if I change ratios in the rear and not the same in the front, that I have just effectivly made it a 4x2 with a lot of extra weight up front.
 
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