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Fork's definitely a wear item. I had one bend on a just-swapped airshift tcase, jamming the gears. Had to disconnect & tie up the rear driveshaft to towbar the truck home. Thankfully just a few miles, and it happened in the parking lot at work.
They don't get lubed well in neutral & you're right about the oil line. Somewhere in one of the manuals regarding PTO's, I remember the oil line mentioned. There's a check valve top & bottom & a little shaft-drive pump to oil the PTO & drool on the other gears up top. Keeps wreckers form blowing...