Same I bought new hoping to not have to worry about this stuff for a while. At least with the slip yoke it took. 45min-1hr visit for them to diagnose it. Told me fine too drive it & they âclaimâ itâll only take a hour to swap the new driveshaft in later today. I donât know if theres a difference but this will be the 1st Ranger theyâve seen with this issue but they so F-150âs every week for this slip yoke bump.Mine has been doing it for awhile. I also had the whining driveshaft bearing but it stopped. I cannot be without my truck for the next 3 weeks at least so I'm just driving it. F' em I'm in warranty if the driveshaft falls out and I bought new so I wouldn't have to deal with stuff like this.
I am just pissed because I always had two used vehicles (or more) so I could fix one while driving the other. Very easy and convenient setup. Now I have one new truck and I have to get rides to the dealer or sit there for 2-3 hours for something I could do myself in less time. I was under the wrong impression that a new vehicle would be painless for at least 100K miles.
I know how you feel. I was terrified if they would have had to keep my truck. I have a hour drive each way to work, I live way out in a rural area on a farm so no Uber, Lyft etc. When I asked if they had loaners Iâd needed he laughed. Said they use to have around 60 not they have 5 to loan out due to the vehicle shortage.
Same, out in the sticks. I'm not sure what I'd do if I could go back to 2020. I could get two decent beaters for $15k and save the other $15k I spent on the truck. I mean I like the truck but it needs to earn its keep.
I got my 21 tremor last July & it only started doing it a month ago or so. Wonder if mine was loose & grease worked itâs way out.
Why I posted that, maybe something to just check... I couldn't for the life of me figure out why after only 13000 miles it was happing now I know why.
I was just at the dealer to have the driveshaft replaced under the warranty & they got it up on the lift but the wrong drive shaft was sent so they have to figure how that happened & order another one lol. They didnât say if it was sent for the wrong vehicle or if because of the tremor package if thatâs a different length?? About right right for my luck
The Tremor has a CV joint instead of a universal joint at the axle end of the driveshaft.
Thank you. I didnât know that. So pretty much either the Ford dealer ordered the wrong one or the parts supplier shipped the one for the non-tremor ranger by accident?
The tremor doesnât have a ujoint on the differential ( like navsnipe said)itâs some kind of flex joint encase in a material like the carrier bearing. Iâm not sure it a cv joint although I guess it could have a bearing encased in it. Itâs got 8 9mm bolts holding to the diff
