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Ford F-250 & Ford F-350The heavier duty full sized trucks from Ford, offering bigger, more powerful engines and drivetrains for the abuse they may go through in the workplace.
My front drive shaft broke this weekend while plowing. Before I simply install a new shaft I'm curious what else I should look at/do before plowing again. Do I need to take the wheel locks apart and look for binding? They seemed to be working since the diff was still spinning the broken shaft. I could tell because it was beating the hell out of the floor.
Are these known to fail? It does look a little flimsy. Maybe it just rusted away. It is pretty corroded.
It broke near the transfer case away from the diff.
You could just buy a used,, or, you could take your shaft to a driveline service and have them re-tube your shaft with a heavier gauge tubing. New joints as well etc...
Their not known to fail, but.....
Some systems are designed to protect other components and in this case the driveshaft is designed to be the weakest link so as to protect the rest of the drive train like differential etc. If on inspection everything appears OK, , the system worked as designed. . When working loads are exceeded something has to give. Corrosion most likely played a part in the failure.
If it’s evident the shaft was thinning, probably helped in its failing. The other fail point under extreme stresses would be the joints on the axle ends at the stub axles/knuckle. Either the joint would fail, or the axle flanges themselves.
95 F250 - Broke My Front Driveshaft - Now What?
