This week I finished my International truck project. I ended up installing a rebuilt differential in the front free axle. The original plan was to install an Eaton No-Spin (Detroit locker) in place of the spider gears. That plan changed after I had discovered more metal in the differential carrier that wasn't from the spider gears. I had found that the sliding clutch to lock in the power divider had broken into several pieces and had taken chips out of a couple of other gear teeth.
This is the gear that drives the pinion gear. I thought that the shiny spot below was pretty interesting. It looked like some broken metal pieces had banged up that spot pretty good, surprising I didn't find any chips in the teeth on this gear.
Power divider gear teeth that the sliding clutch would slide onto to lock the power divider.
There was evidence of wear on these teeth indicating that the power divider had been shifted in with the truck moving
Broken pieces of the sliding clutch
Shift fork where the sliding clutch would sit if it was still intact. There were a couple chips out of the teeth on the gear behind the shift fork
Well...a little driver education is needed.
ReplyDeleteMost drivers have not a clue. It is best to have them shift in when they get ready to drive in the field; shift out after they get out of the field. Keep it simple.