Yes. Ashley's diff yeeted itself while she was driving coming to an abrupt halt. She and Mae Pearl are back up and running with the repair covered under warranty.
Yepp, I am in Colorado and this has happened to a few people I wheel with who have Sasquatch on 37s. I’m still on the stock Sasquatch wheels and hoping mine doesn’t chew itself up someday, definitely makes you nervous. One guy has had it implode twice already. If you are curious for more in-depth info, feel free to join the Colorado Bronco Owners FB group and post about it. You will get a good bit of feedback.
Yep, she’s been my emotional support person through this whole ordeal and thankfully had put my tech in touch with the tech that fixed her diff so he can figure out how to proceed. I’m glad she’s got Mae Pearl up and running again because I’m living vicariously through her trip postings on Instagram!
Awesome will do! Thanks! And best of luck to you also!
So, I finally got the diagnosis on my unit. Front differential being completely replaced. Dealership couldnt tell me what happened other than the front differential tore itself up and needs replaced. I am now waiting on parts. My bronco is 6 months old with about 7000 miles. I had done my first offroad trip with some easy to moderate trails in this rig last august. That was the only time I had used 4wd prior to this first snow I drove it in and the front differential tore itself apart. Really hoping it was just a defect vs design issue.
. One bright spot is that the part for the front differential shouldn’t take too long to be replaced. The part for my transfer case is on back order so I’m looking at two months without my rig by the time it comes in.
I read this as “just driving home from *crunch*” and didn’t think twice about itI was just driving home from church.
I swear...
Ahhhh, sounds like a lubricant failure.. There’s 80w90 from the factory and only a quart of fluid.. 20000 miles grinding on the metal and heat and all breaks loose.. Just an educated guess..Hello all! Longtime member here, but more of a lurker than a poster. However, this weekend I’ve had to have my rig towed due to failed front diff and transfer case while off road.
A little background, black diamond, non SAS, 2.7, 10spd. No mods, about 20k miles. I’ve had the rig since November 2021 with nary a problem. Have done several light core off-road trips, multiple uses in 4h and 4l under less strenuous circumstances than I’m sure many of you have done.
This week, while on my way back from driving on a snowy forest service road, I stared hearing some heavy rotational clunking from the front drivers side. Of note I was moderately stuck in snow at one point and had to shovel out and air down, but was able to get it through with a few maneuvers while in 4h. Never did I gun the engine……..I thought maybe it was out of gear so I tried putting it back into 4h, 4l, 4A, and then again into 2h. It made the noise in all gears.
Now, I’m not a car person but it was definitely not a good noise. I hobbled the car the last two miles to the main road where I called ford and had it towed to the nearest dealer.
Side note: so far I’ve had a good experience with ford service, but I haven’t asked for a rental yet
It will be covered under warranty
Tech calls me back the next day and tells me I have large metal shards in the front diff and the transfer case. It’s not drivable until he can get it fixed and he’s waiting to hear from ford. Then to find out yesterday, he can get the front diff in by end of week, but I’m waiting until Feb 15 for the transfer case
I’ve searched the forum and found maybe 1 or two people who have had an issue with the front diff, but I know there’s got to be more. I guess I’m just looking for some reason this happened? Faulty part? Is ford aware? Is this an issue with the 10spd? Will my replacement part also eventually fail?
Thanks in advance for any advice or insight you can offer.
Here’s a few pics of me enjoying the rig over the last year prior to what’s happened. I’ve really loved the shit out of it up until now……
