Ok, so long short I'm at a friend's right now so certain things are limited.

What happened- hit a deer at 50 top of hill ran it over lost control hit a tree stump and broke the steering gear.

Limped it back to camp caught a ride into town got parts returned and replaced gear. 

Bled system got it into town had it aligned, got cold hard steering at start up next day ran to store made it half way back when the truck started clunking from the power steering pump, pulled over and at idle the thing was shaking itself apart. Shut down towed back to friend's. 

Now we tear the thing apart and find the power steering pump failed and took out the vacuum pump the vacuum pump sent small shiny crap into oil I think metal oil lab will get drained oil when I get home for inspection.

So where we are at now is we have a new vacuum and power steering pump we have been trying to align the vacuum pump with the power steering pump attached to the timing gear and this thing just won't seat.

We have destroyed two gaskets and are down to our third and final shot before I have to abandon the truck for a little while. 

Whathave you guys found with past experience is the best way to align this thing? 

No it was not, it started as a drive line vibration, it would come and go.  Now it's knocking and squeaking and won't quit.  We towed it to a good friend who runs a shop, the initial diagnosis is believe it or not a killer dowel pin issue he's in the process of removing the timing cover to find out for sure but apparently it happens to a handful of newer trucks.

His house needs an addition so I guess my company will be building an addition with a discount 

Edited March 14, 20187 yr by WiscoRedkneck

Found the missing chunk of gear in the bottom of the timing case how it got there is anyone's guess I figured it got chewed up.... Got to fix all my oil leaks up front. Fired up the truck mind you this is the first time Daryl has heard the truck run within two seconds he tells me to shut it off and tells me I likely have loose torque converter bolts or they're broken completely off. 

Pulled the transmission and found two bolts came loose and broke the ears off the torque converter and the remaining had elongated the flexplate holes this caused some damage to the bell housing. I will get more pictures later the one below is the damaged bell housing.

Transmission is being rebuilt as I speak including new flexplate and torque converter.

So hopefully by Wednesday after almost 3 weeks I will have the truck back running right again

If this was all done from the impact I would be really worried about a bent crank

On 3/19/2018 at 4:14 PM, WiscoRedkneck said:

Found the missing chunk of gear in the bottom of the timing case how it got there is anyone's guess I figured it got chewed up...

 

 I gathered you replaced the gear? Which gear was it?

 

On 3/19/2018 at 4:14 PM, WiscoRedkneck said:

Pulled the transmission and found two bolts came loose and broke the ears off the torque converter and the remaining had elongated the flexplate holes this caused some damage to the bell housing.

 

Sound like someone didn't torque the bolts properly.

I think this was a culmination of variables and over stressing the truck during the recovery of the heavy equipment.

We pulled a log truck out with the assistance of another log truck we did that in 4lo 4hi  On our way out we swerved for a deer and clipped a stump and the deer drove it home vac pump leaking power steering going in and out