# Service bulletin 951918

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 46470
- Published by NHTSA: 1996\-04\-25
- Manufacturer's number: 951918
- Manufacturer's date: 1995\-09\-01
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT

## NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES MAY HAVE A DRIVESHAFT IMBALANCE WHEN OPERATED AT HIGH ROAD SPEEDS. THIS IMBALANCE CAN RESULT IN A CRACK IN THE TORQUE CONVERTER HOUSING OF THE TRANSMISSION AND/OR DRIVESHAFT TWISTING. THE DRIVESHAFT IMBALANCE OCCURS WHEN TRANSMISSION TORQUING FORCES BEND THE SHAFT WHEN IN OVERDRIVE RPM. THE DRIVESHAFT BENDING CAN BE CORRECTED BY REPLACING THE EXITING DRIVESHAFT WITH A SHORTER SHAFT.

## The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

## Components

Transmission and driveline, Driveshaft

## Vehicles listed

- 1993 to 1994 FORD L SERIES
- 1993 to 1994 FORD LN SERIES

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