Transfer Case goes 'poof'

[AllBlkdOut07]

Man, I really hope it's not your TT but if it is, find a Tahoe in your local junk yard and grab it's rear-end and you should be good to crush for years to come.

You and your funnies...

 

[AllBlkdOut07]

Although I should do a 14bolt swap.

 

[PenguinLTZ]

Although I should do a 14bolt swap.

Now you're talkin! SF 14 bolt!

 

[Cowboy Cadillac]

Now I'm all paranoid...I put a TruTrac in my truck and used AMSOIL gear oil..

 

[svensk]

If the rear is going to be taken apart, this would probably be a good time to swap out the 4.88 gears for some 4.56's, the 4.88's are just too tall for me, especially on the highway. I think the warranty on the TruTrac is long gone time wise, not mileage wise which sucks.

You mean the 4.88's are too short? You don't like how many RPM's you're pulling on the highway?

 

[nubuilder]

Damn Umberto! I was planning on someday having a TrueTrac in both my trucks.

You might have to bite the bullet on this one and spend money on a new TT....but I'd go with a 14-bolt SF while you're at it!

 

[AllBlkdOut07]

If the rear is going to be taken apart, this would probably be a good time to swap out the 4.88 gears for some 4.56's, the 4.88's are just too tall for me, especially on the highway. I think the warranty on the TruTrac is long gone time wise, not mileage wise which sucks.

You mean the 4.88's are too short? You don't like how many RPM's you're pulling on the highway?

SHort tall, I thought the correct terminology as 'tall'

But yes, I do NOT like it on the highway, feels like I'm pedaling too fast on my bicycle lol.

Damn Umberto! I was planning on someday having a TrueTrac in both my trucks.

You might have to bite the bullet on this one and spend money on a new TT....but I'd go with a 14-bolt SF while you're at it!

Just put loctite red on all the bolts PRIOR to installing it.

 

[AllBlkdOut07]

So give me your thoughts.

Am I INSANE for leaving my truck at the stealership?

So I called the service rep early this morning (he is a friend of the family actually, but still don't trust him), after I realized, wait, I really don't want them taking apart the differential. I wanted to warn them they would not find anything resembling anything OEM in there. Says, oh ok, gotcha, so I'll let the tech know to get the truck ready for you to come pick it up. I answer yes.

Calls me back 5 min later. My tech said since the truck is here already, just let us take the diff cover off and see if we see anything wrong without removing anything. He claims he would rather they check it just to make sure it's not something else they can warranty for me. So no mention of my truck being out of warranty for the lift/tires/tune...interesting.

So, would you guys take a chance with leaving it in the dealers hands, or would you rather chance trying to drive the truck without it breaking down 30 min away to the shop that installed the TruTrac 2 years ago?

He said give him a couple days and he'l call. Not sure why it takes 2 days to remove the diff cover. I'm paranoid they will replace the TruTrac with a G80 and throw away (or steal my TruTrac lol)

 

[CJ Hungus]

If he truly wants to look around to see if there possibly is something they could warranty, then I would feel fine about it. I don't think they will steal anything, that would be a terrible decision to do on their part.

 

[Nick The Great]

Since it's there already and sound like they aren't too incompetent, I'd leave it there.

NOW if they want to fix something and want to charge a lot of $$$, that'd be a different story.