I'm going to try to re-post the broken photos and text from the screwed up post on the last page. We'll see if this works...
Rear output shaft with the Sky Manufacturing driveline e-brake. You can see the seal on the output shaft has walked out. This was taken after I got the truck into a friend's driveway with the help of a flatbed wrecker. The pin that connects the mechanical brake caliper to the lever arm is missing and the yolk on the lever arm is all bent up. I think that happened during the whole situation because a few days previously the brake was working (marginally -- never was a good setup).
You can see the yolk and missing pin. The double U-joint is trashed. You can see some shiny metal on the cab cross-member above the u-joint where the u-joint tried to clearance a new space for it to move when the truck had its problem.
Looking at the crack in the front t-case where it is bolted to the Marlin Crawler dual t-case adapter plate. All the damp spots are oil that was thrown everywhere.
Oil was leaking from toward the top of the t-case assembly which makes me think the crack started toward the top maybe?
Another view of the oil all over the top of the t-cases.
A different view of the bent connecting rod between the e-brake caliper and the lever arm that connects to the e-brake cable from the cab. You can also see the area that the double U-joint scraped on the cab.
Crack in the adapter plate visible from underneath the dual t-case crossmember.
Notice the crack to the right (rear) of the front t-case.
Immediately after dropping the t-case assembly out of the truck (I left the trans in the truck).
Front of the front t-case. Notice the aluminum flakes chilling out in several areas. No clue where they came from.
Another view of the front of the case.
This is the cross-member. Both t-case mounts are good as far as I could tell. They're about four years old.
Looking at the back of the transmission. There are a bunch of aluminum chips in the bottom but I have no idea from where. Seal on the back of the transmission is good. No leaks. No evidence of where that metal came from. Spinning the output shaft by hand, it felt nice and buttery (no evidence of bearing issues or gear issues).
Another view of the piece of the cab that the double U-joint contacted.
Front t-case. Everything looks good. No bearing play. A little wear on the one gear but nothing crazy. Note the broken chunk of t-case housing in the upper left.
Close-up of the broken chunk. I bet it could be fixed with some good TIG welding...
Closer look at the gears. There's a little bit of wear or distortion on the teeth of the lowest and closest to the camera gear. I think the cracked look of the housing around the upper gear is what it looked like the last time I had this open four or five years ago. Probably just some casting imperfections?
Looking at the front of the Marlin Crawler dual t-case adapter plate. Check out that crack!!! 😬
Gears all looked good. Bearings were all good. But that triangular plate is bent!
Check out the bend in the plate. I think it's from when the thing cracked and all came apart.
The broken off part. Looks like genuine Marlin Crawler.
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Okay hopefully this post works with all these images to replace the one from the last page that didn't work.