Is the X type “tossable”?
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Exactly. People bought this car new in 2002, “tossed it around” (-to tie in to the theme here) and the TC goes out at 20 30, 40k miles simply because they where following the maintenance schedule as suggested by the manufacturer. Also, if the design was so sturdy, why did they change it mid-year 2004??? —-oh that’s right, they changed it because of the massive failures of the earlier design. I suppose that’s considered releasing the car into a market that “neglects” them for simply following manufacturer directions. How patently absurd.
Speculation follows, I can't find much about the later design, non VC open differentials having many failures. Perhaps the viscious coupler generated more heat, and/or put more stress in the housing that lead to lubricant evaporation and/or early seal failure. More speculation, perhaps the design of the original transfer case didn't have enough oil volume inside it to work well with the viscous coupler, leading to early failures.
I recall reading somewhere that GNK (India) manufactured the viscous couplers used in the Visteon Transfer cases. (Adds in another 3rd party sourcing for parts.)
Perhaps If one tosses and drives the x-types with the vicsous coupler versions, it adds to much heat into the system and this leads to early failures. If you take out the VC, then there is nothing to generate lots of heat inside the case. (Perhaps the Count or Thermo have validatable information on this
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