2024 cracked front dif - resolved

[Zach Gen3]

It’s not enough to say “too bad, so sad” on your 80 thousand dollar off road focused truck front differential

I’m not saying Ford has to fix it on their dime. What I am saying is, all things being equal and assuming you’ve been truthful, that’s not an answer and you should call them on it.

If you haven’t already, open a case with Ford c/s.

Agreed. Going to the dealer to figure out as to why it was denied. Thus far no info, but they may have just been vague on the phone. We will see

 

[MurderedOutSVT]

JAYZUS!!!
I can’t unsee that

Equally likely to bust a diff, no?

 

[New recaros]

What’s that dark line going towards the driveline and the red on the bottom

 

[Zach Gen3]

What’s that dark line going towards the driveline and the red on the bottom

What dark line? I assume you arent referring to the crack itself.. lol. The red/orange on bottom, I have no clue. Either they did that, or it came that way for some reason. It is not meant to highlight damage - I asked. Ill follow up on that tomorrow as well

 

[Oldfart]

There was at least two large threads on the Gen 14 forums

Are you traveling in a DeLorean or did I fall asleep for a really long time?!

 

[New recaros]

That dark line it looks like a crack on top but JB weld or something

 

[New recaros]

That’s not a crack along a weld is it?

 

[GCATX]

Did you buy it new? If not, I would go back to the seller first, then Ford.

 

[raptor730]

There is a youtube video of guy off-roading and he cracked his as well.

 

[shigman]

A very similar thing happened to me. My front diff case on one of the mounts failed on a very minor “hop”. Not sure if there was actual air involved, but the dealer saw a few bits of mud under it and denied my coverage. I had 3.0 FRS on all 4 corners, so I wasn’t completely stock, but it ended up costing me 2K in parts and labor to fix. I sure as hell wasn’t going to pay 4K at the dealer. All the internals of my diff/torsen and axles were fully swapped over and fine. I even showed them what looks like a casting defect along the break….no cigar. I went a couple weeks fighting ford corporate and all the nonsense and decided to just sort it out myself. I’ve got more pictures. This was a 1.5 year old or so 2020…FYI.