Awesome and hilarious because I wondered about that. It looked to me like the arm was not built with splines but was supposed to be a "form-a-spline" by mashing it onto the conical shaft.
I would have to ask the advisor to see the service history. We only check it generally if something is messed up like a loose drain plug or rounded off or something like that so we can see who done it. It’s not my responsibility I have to do what’s written down. That’s how my company works anyway. When it’s something like a 30K service for example there is no computer work on the technicians end they fill out a multipoint inspection form and we do that and give it back. They don’t even put it in the computer till the end when they create an RO so I wouldn’t have been able to see anything easily anyway. And since they changed CDK system I have a hard time even seeing what I’m supposed to be doing cause I don’t know how to navigate it. But they don’t put stuff like that in the computer till the end anyway then just put our number on it.
Have fun with that Land Cruiser. Where I work we send carp like that to dealer to do.
Funny 'cause the '04-08 F150s regularly get a ghost dome light. That's a solder connection in the instrument cluster...because it makes sense to run your dome light through your instrument cluster. Clearly around '04 Team TFI was crushin' it.....
.....Like a 1/2" bolt or something. Having the DS cut open tomorrow & I'll report back with what's found inside.
I really want to know what's in there! If you order these shafts today they're made in China -- actual blue box Motorcraft parts. I'm betting even in 2016 the driveshafts the factory was using were also built in China.2016 F250 FX4, 6.2L/6R100, 56,000 miles, Customer complaint of a "Bell Sound" in 4 wheel high....He heard it during the ice storm we had a couple weeks ago while using 4WH.
Confirmed the noise in 4WH, Sounds like someone is dropping pieces of steel on the ground right under the driver seat. Interestingly enough no noise was heard in 4WL?
Racked the truck & looked for anything loose, Vacuum tested the hubs & they appeared fine. In fact everything looked perfect & payed special attention to the front shaft U-joints., T-case & front diff full of fluid. Took it for another test drive, manually locked the hubs but left the T-Case in 2WH, Noise still present.
Unlocked one hub at a time & it seemed to make the noise more often with the right hub unlocked & the left hub locked, But it was hard to tell the noise was sporadic anyway.
Racked the truck again, Spun the front drive shaft again but I guess a little faster maybe out of frustration, As I spun it several times checking the U-joints. And I heard a metallic clang. Difficult to recreate spinning it by hand.
Took some rope & ran several rounds on the DS, Pulled the rope hard as I could while keeping my ear close to the shaft & the noise was far more audible.
Remove the front DS....Shook it, And it has something loose inside the tube
Still wonder why I didn't hear it in 4WL, Maybe I didn't get up enough road speed?
