replacing a transfer box

[nickW]

after all the troble ive had with the front hub, i took the disco for a drive and the vibration was getting worse and worse had a look underneath it and the front uj that goes into the the transfer box is knacked and also the bearing in the front of the transfer box is also knackered

so how difficult is it to change the transfer box??

[Budgie]

You could just change the front output bearing on the transfer box instead of the whole box.  :D

There's details of the proceedure in the Tech section on Discoweb.

[nickW]

cheers budgie, i thought i was going to have to take the whole transfer box off, just out of intrest how easy is it to take the transfer box off

[Tyke]

Watching with interest - I sense some cash saving coming on if I get on with what I'm currently planning . . . . . always good for a Yorkshireman is cash saving . . . . . have more to spend on my toys that way

[nickW]

so tyke is your front bearing knackered aswell

[Tyke]

:lol:  Don't know about my front bearing mate . . . . . but my head certainly is . . . . . . bloody transfer gearing, there's more ratios been used on land rovers over the years than you can shake a stick at  :?  

Nowt's ever simple is it  :lol:

[nickW]

i am right to think there should be absolutely no play in the front ouput bearing

[chuggaman]

i am right to think there should be absolutely no play in the front ouput bearing

there should be play as in clockwise and anticlockwise.(a little)


but there should be no left right /up down play

mike

[nickW]

the play is up down left and right so if the transfer box does have to come out then how difficult is it, will it come out by its self or does the g'box have to come out aswell

[Wolfie]

the play is up down left and right so if the transfer box does have to come out then how difficult is it, will it come out by its self or does the g'box have to come out aswell

As has been suggested, it's probably only in need of a new bearing. If it does have to come out it's quite a simple job - remove propshafts, disconnect linkages/speedo cable/etc and unbolt from main gearbox. The biggest problem is that it is VERY heavy, so manoeuvering it about to remove it from tha main box isn't easy, and be very careful.

The job is covered in the Defender Haynes manual, so would gues the Disc one will also cover it.

Regards

Wolfie

[nickW]

ive got the disco haynes and it says its easier to take out with the g'box. Hopefully i can ease the bearing out with the box in place but looking on the web it says that quite oftern the bearing wont ease out form the out side the transfer box has to be split

[Wanderer]

I read all the stuff about doing the bearing with the t box still in place.
Mine is a 200tdi and it was so much grief that it would have been as easy to just remove the t box.

IMHO the bearing cannot be changed without removing the front output housing anyway and that's a pig of a job in situ as it means dropping the gearbox crossmember and you'll find you'll have a pig of a job getting at one of the bolts to the housing insitu becaue it is tucked behind the diff lock light switch so needs removal of the console etc. inside the motor.

I definately wouldn't try another front bearing insitu.

Ed