Transfer Case Blues?

[bmorgil]

Talking about a rear wheel bearing locking up, I had a 1991 3/4 ton Ford diesel pickup that I worked out of and a rear wheel bearing locked up and actually chewed the tread off the tire all the way down to the steel. I backed it up and forward a little and it freed up. Limped back to town and put it up on the rack. It welded the race to the hub.

Ha ha! I have a few axle stories, from test cell disasters to some wild road stuff. My favorite was when in a Baja event through a small town intersection, some questionable moves from a competitor, sent a large wheel and partial axle shaft across the hood and it landed in front of a coffee shop smokin'. No one hurt, no coffee spilled. I can also say you haven't lived until you burn one so bad it melts off and passes you. A very bad vision to say the least!

In all seriousness, if gm is correct and I have a feeling he is, that axle will get very damaged as it melts off.