Re: pulling a f150

Posted by Kevin (FL) on March 12, 2007 at 08:50:55 from (68.221.186.49):

In Reply to: pulling a f150 posted by fordtrukman on March 11, 2007 at 19:51:32:

When I was at Miss State, I used to travel down to Jackson for the state fair. Always made it to the truck & tractor pulls. One trip I was watching the stock class truck pull and saw three Ford F150's (with 4-speed) in a row shear the pinion shaft right at the yoke. All three drivers were pretty young--my guess they were driving dad's truck, not one they paid for. Also they all used the same technique when 1st starting the pull--revved the engine pretty high and "dumped" the clutch. I think they were drag racers, not pullers and all three got a lesson that night at someone's expense. The fourth F150 came up to pull--this time driven by an older gentleman with a slight limp and wearing farmer's overalls. He eased up on the clutch, then throttled up and made a great pull.

I tell this story not directed at you--(figure you'll know how to start off) but it came back to me when I read your post so I thought I'd share it. I learned that night that the weak link in the F150 driveline was the pinion shaft, right at the back end of the spline for the yoke. Maybe there was a bad machining detail or something?? BTW, this was pre-1980.

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