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ZF6 -650 rebuild and other things I've done on my early 99 7.3 F350
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[QUOTE="Dave_Nevada, post: 1498358, member: 29749"] Just curious, you didn't mention anything about reverse movement. I assume without forward motion, you would not have reverse either. If your vehicle is a 4x4, I'd check the transfer case first. That's much easier to pull and diagnose than ripping the ZF6 out. Transfer cases are simple as hell to fix. Either way, get that dude up off the ground about 4" off the wheels with jackstands, then fire it up and go through the gears. Peek under the truck while it is in gear starting at the driveline/pinion area. I have heard of folks stripping a pinion/ring of its teeth from heavy loads. My brother is a heavy equipment mechanic, and he worked fleets and for stealerships and private outfits. BAR NONE, the drivers for logging trucks were the worse animals he'd ever encountered. They were always stripping ring gears. If it's that, you can't go anywhere. On the other end, you could have broken your input shaft or a drive gear/chain in the transfer case. Here's how I'd approach your situation: 1st- look at what's happening with the driveline/pinion of your rear end. 2nd- Observe the output of the transfer case 3rd - Drain the fluid in your trans (capture it as not to waste it) pull the PTO cover and look inside. Here's where a nice fiber optic camera comes in handy. Truly, they are well worth the money to invest in. You can use them to look at your clutch, back of your clutch release arm, inside your trans, etc If these check out, you have a severe issue with the trans. Possibly a stripped gear or broken mainshaft? Not to worry, all those parts are available. Fixing this dude isn't going to be cheap. But you have to ask yourself, how much is a new truck or just another one? In this case, whatever you spend fixing it will be far cheaper than a new truck. The prices I have seen lately blow my mind. No way is a pickup truck worth 50, 60, 70, 80 thousand clams. That's insane. If you want to be a payment slave for eternity, I guess you could go that route. Personally, I have better things to do with my money then to be a slave to the banker crowd. Those of you that chose that route, you have my condolences. The nose bleed prices these companies charge is because you, the consumer, keep buying them for that amount. Sanity will return to prices when you stop doing that. That is called the price rationing factor of the supply and demand quotient, and they either lower prices or go out of business- IF YOU STOP BUYING THEM FOR THAT AMOUNT. I read a recent news release of a fully loaded F350 going for close to the 100K amount. WTF? Do we look like we own oil wells or something? :doh::pointlaugh: Sorry for the rant, but that topic just chaps my 6. [/QUOTE]
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