All dressed up and no where to go

[TooMuch03]

So this morning I got all dressed and headed off to the Easter church surface. on my way, I pull away from a stop sign nice and easy, then BAM and the truck stops moving. After a while, I finally got it home and investigated the situation. I found that my transmission and transfer case decided to part company (pics below). The tail housing basically cracked in half. I am not sure what else is screwed up inside the tranny and transfer case Has this ever happened to anyone else? What do you guys think could have caused it?

[still runs]

wow thats kinda neat not trying to poke fun at ya..and i have no clue never seen any truck do that

[TooMuch03]

Ya it would be real neat if the tranny and transfer case were fine, but I doubt that. It was weird, there was one bolt left keeping the transfer case from ending up on the ground. Anyone have any tricks for removing the 12mm 12-point bolts to pull the driveshafts? Them suckers are tight

[fordpwrstroke7]

Maybe 8 or 9 years of road salt in Wisconsin? You'd think it would be able to take a lot more of a beating than that though...I'm sure there are a lot of guys that will chime in that have 400,000 miles on their trucks that haven't seen anything like that...subscribed.

[sinner6.0L]

a long 12mm 12pt box wrench with a cheater pipe slid over it. and a prybar or large screwdriver jammed in the flange to keep it from turning on you.

seen this happen on F450-550s when the drivers run them 90mph down the highway in 4wd

[TooMuch03]

Thanks Sinner, I actually bent my 12mm box end already. it's old, I will get a new one tomorrow and try again.

You make me wonder if my 4wd wasn't disengaging and I never noticed

[still runs]

put heat to it that will help loosen the bolt up and they might be ok as far as the guts you might just have to get new caseing ???

[JDM-POWERSTROKIN]

snap on actually sells a specialty tool for removing ford driveshafts. its a 12 point shallow socket that swivels on about a 6inch extension for an impact gun. i bought it a few years ago from my tool guy and its worth every penny.

[sinner6.0L]

Originally Posted by JDM-POWERSTROKIN

snap on actually sells a specialty tool for removing ford driveshafts. its a 12 point shallow socket that swivels on about a 6inch extension for an impact gun. i bought it a few years ago from my tool guy and its worth every penny.

I have the short 3/8s swivel socket. I'm on my 3rd one. neither one will work for the front driveshaft transfer case flange on super duties.

[strokedoutlaw]

use the 12mm short socket and a 1/2 drive and a dead blow was how i got mine off