6.7 Super Duty Maintenence/Mods

[CarterKraft]

The company has a hard on for Chevy and just ordered 2 of the new 5500s. We'll see how they work.

I am curious if they will have front tire vibration problems we have.
It will bounce the tire off the road above 65 mph...

 

[Tractor Monger]

Laughs in MaxxForce 7

They spin bearings. Valves drop. Turbo shafts break. They never lasted long enough for me to see fuel problems. PGE had a rash of the same problems. I think exhaust brake programming was off when they first came out.

 

[CarterKraft]

They spin bearings. Valves drop. Turbo shafts break. They never lasted long enough for me to see fuel problems. PGE had a rash of the same problems. I think exhaust brake programming was off when they first came out.

You want to see a shittier version of the 6.4 power stroke?

I give you the MaxxForce 7

 

[YotaAtieToo]

I always wondered how IH went from one of the best diesel engine manufacturers, to the worst?

 

[CarterKraft]

I always wondered how IH went from one of the best diesel engine manufacturers, to the worst?

Navistar is the clue...

 

[YotaAtieToo]

Navistar is the clue...

I was thinking that, but really don't know the history, or even wtf navistar was before they became part of IH.

 

[Tractor Monger]

You want to see a shittier version of the 6.4 power stroke?

I give you the MaxxForce 7

I work on them, and detroits occasionally. For a while you couldn’t get an International truck with an International engine…what does that tell ya.

 

[06h3]

Good lord, you see it time and time again, doesnt matter the industry....a big company buys out a smaller company that kicks ass and then they drive the smaller company into the ground.

 

[tsomctl]

Good lord, you see it time and time again, doesnt matter the industry....a big company buys out a smaller company that kicks ass and then they drive the smaller company into the ground.

Yeah, but they made a shit ton of money for the shareholders in the short term

 

[Snowy]

Navistar is the clue...

Navistar has existed as an entity since the mid 80’s. Produced great, for the time, engines for 2 decades under the Navistar banner. They lost their way in the early 2000’s with shitty leadership that didn’t understand the engineering demands of new EPA regulations and some shady accounting practices. The straw that damn near broke the camel’s back was the dropping of ISX15’s from MY 2010-2012 and only offering a Maxxforce option. They got killed in market share and are the smallest player in class 8 these days.

 

[CarterKraft]

The incestuous nature of the CAT/IH partnerships have always been really interesting to me.