NHTSA Complaint #11129805 — 1988 FORD RANGER

I WAS DRIVING UPHILL ON HIGHWAY 152 WHEN MY SLIP YOKE EXPLODED BLOWING OUT THE REAR OF THE BELLHOUSING TO MY TRANSMISSION THROWING THE TRUCK REAR END 6 FT IN THE AIR AND THE NOSE OF THE TRUCK 3 FEET IN THE AIR THIS WAS CAUSED BY THE DRIVE SHAFT TAKING INTO THE GROUND WHEN COMING DOWN THE DRIVESHAFT SLAPPED AROUND RIPPING OUT THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD FROM THE CADILLAC CONVERTER AND PUT A LARGE GASH APPROXIMATELY 12IN TO 18 IN INTO THE GAS TANK WHEN I DROP MY TRANSMISSION TO REPLACE IT I FOUND OUT THAT THE BLOCK WAS NO GOOD DUE TO THE FACT THAT 2 SQUARE PIECES OF THE BLOCK APPROXIMATELY 2 IN SQUARE CAME WITH THE TRANSMISSION AS IT WAS PULLED LEAVING THE BLOCK USELESS BUY THIS SLIP YOKE EXPLODING WHICH I FOUND OUT ON YOUTUBE THIS HAD HAPPENED TO OTHER FORD RANGERS OF THIS PARTICULAR YEAR DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE SLIP YOKE IS MADE OUT OF COMPRESS MATERIAL IT SHOULD BE A SOLID STILL PEACE IF NOT FOR GOING UPHILL I'M SURE MY TRUCK WOULD ROLLED END-OVER-END INN MAKING THIS INCIDENT FATAL IF I HAD KNOWN I COULD HAVE MADE AN INSTANT DIDN'T REPORT ABOUT THIS SITUATION EARLIER I WOULD HAVE