Posted by Wesley Stephens on February 23, 2014 at 17:04:09 from (162.72.36.26):
I have driven several Ford and GM 60's, 70's, and 80's trucks with 2 speed axles. All of the Ford and GM were gas, but I did drive an 80 something Interntional diesel with a 5+2 setup. We have a 67 F-600 with a 4+2 and our fire department has had several with 5+2's, currently an 80 model c-70 with a 427. I have gone through all the gears splitting them in our Ford with no problem, but never really saw a need to, even loaded to the point with wet sand that the ticket would cost more than the truck is worth. To split the gears, I would just push the switch down while the clutch was down between gears and the rear end would shift by the time I let the clutch back out. I would then pull the switch under load and let off the throttle till it shifted. If the axle is slow to shift or something is not right, you will get a grinding noise due to the axle not fully shifting and have to stop to get it into a range. Almost everyone in this area keeps it on the low side till they are in high gear and then shifts to high range by pulling out the switch with the throttle down and letting off. When you feel it change, drop the hammer and go. In cold weather or if a truck has been sitting up, it can take longer for it to shift. It is rare to need to drop to low range because we don't have many steep hills, but the way I've always done it is to keep my foot on the throttle, push the button, and rapidly "kick" the clutch. People usually laugh at the split-shifting guys as show offs and I have seen a guy break an output shaft doing it wrong. When we bought our F-600 it didn't have a switch on it because a previous owner got tired of hired hands tearing things up and left it on the high side.
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