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pulling a f150

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fordtrukman

03-11-2007 19:51:32




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i got a 1984 f150 with a stock 351 winsor with a 4 sp.i was thinkin about takin it to the fair and pullin it for fun.will the half ton driveline hold up ok for a pull or 2?




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Kevin (FL)

03-12-2007 08:50:55




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 Re: pulling a f150 in reply to fordtrukman, 03-11-2007 19:51:32  
When I was at Miss State, I used to travel down to Jackson for the state fair. Always made it to the truck & tractor pulls. One trip I was watching the stock class truck pull and saw three Ford F150's (with 4-speed) in a row shear the pinion shaft right at the yoke. All three drivers were pretty young--my guess they were driving dad's truck, not one they paid for. Also they all used the same technique when 1st starting the pull--revved the engine pretty high and "dumped" the clutch. I think they were drag racers, not pullers and all three got a lesson that night at someone's expense. The fourth F150 came up to pull--this time driven by an older gentleman with a slight limp and wearing farmer's overalls. He eased up on the clutch, then throttled up and made a great pull.

I tell this story not directed at you--(figure you'll know how to start off) but it came back to me when I read your post so I thought I'd share it. I learned that night that the weak link in the F150 driveline was the pinion shaft, right at the back end of the spline for the yoke. Maybe there was a bad machining detail or something?? BTW, this was pre-1980.

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sierra...

03-12-2007 08:45:07




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 Re: pulling a f150 in reply to fordtrukman, 03-11-2007 19:51:32  
most people push their Fords...



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Leland

03-11-2007 20:27:36




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 Re: pulling a f150 in reply to fordtrukman, 03-11-2007 19:51:32  
unless you have to much weight in it you will run out of power or spin out before you really tear up to much ,better have a ride just incase although you never know even the pros have simple little things go wrong .



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