No, "someone" didn't crash it into a pole or anything... it just kind of got sick...
Started the day in stop/start traffic. When I went to "go", it wouldn't. It felt as if the t-case had slipped into neutral or something... after fiddling about, I engaged the CDL and away I went.
So I figured something was wrong with the transfer case. Anyway, I worked all day, knowing that after my shift I'd have to remove the front shaft for the drive home. This, I did.
Off I went, minus the front shaft.
About 5 minutes into the drive, I noticed my brakes were rapidly becoming softer and softer....
And that the truck was pulling harder and harder to the left....
And there was this speed-relative grinding noise...
Then the brakes were completely non-operative...
And there was all this smoke....
And the smell of burning brake fluid....
Quickly pulling into a parking lot, I jumped out to discover a cartoonish amount of negative camber from the driver's side front wheel, and a cloud of acrid smoke emerging from the wheel. Yes, it was falling off.
I guess a wheel bearing failed(?). At any rate, I don't have time to address this, as it's my DD and my only way to work, so I had it towed to a buddy's shop. Should be an autopsy in a day or so.
My question to Mud: Is it possible that the "failure" of the transfer case is related to this? What I suspect is that somehow there was either too much resistance or not enough resistance in the failing wheel, which "fooled" the 4WD system into sending all its power to that one wheel. Locking the centre diff restored power to the rear axle, and enabled me to limp on. Does this make any sense?
Started the day in stop/start traffic. When I went to "go", it wouldn't. It felt as if the t-case had slipped into neutral or something... after fiddling about, I engaged the CDL and away I went.
So I figured something was wrong with the transfer case. Anyway, I worked all day, knowing that after my shift I'd have to remove the front shaft for the drive home. This, I did.
Off I went, minus the front shaft.
About 5 minutes into the drive, I noticed my brakes were rapidly becoming softer and softer....
And that the truck was pulling harder and harder to the left....
And there was this speed-relative grinding noise...
Then the brakes were completely non-operative...
And there was all this smoke....
And the smell of burning brake fluid....
Quickly pulling into a parking lot, I jumped out to discover a cartoonish amount of negative camber from the driver's side front wheel, and a cloud of acrid smoke emerging from the wheel. Yes, it was falling off.
I guess a wheel bearing failed(?). At any rate, I don't have time to address this, as it's my DD and my only way to work, so I had it towed to a buddy's shop. Should be an autopsy in a day or so.
My question to Mud: Is it possible that the "failure" of the transfer case is related to this? What I suspect is that somehow there was either too much resistance or not enough resistance in the failing wheel, which "fooled" the 4WD system into sending all its power to that one wheel. Locking the centre diff restored power to the rear axle, and enabled me to limp on. Does this make any sense?