Having rebuilt the gearbox, I’m now checking through the transfer box. Apart from weeping seals on the output shaft and a rattle from the high/low selector stick, I didn’t have any symptoms to worry about, but I’m glad I decided to check anyway. I’m not sure if the output shaft’s rear bearing outer race slipped […]
Gearbox Rebuild
The bottom panel and hand brake assembly were removed from the transfer box, allowing the removal of the intermediate gear cluster. This, in turn, allows access to the internal nuts securing the transfer case to the gear box. The front bearing cover of the gearbox was removed. This allowed me to see the suspect circlip […]
Gearbox Removal
Most of this task went easily enough, though removing the Wright Off Road matting adds a small amount of extra effort. The floor panels, tunnel cover, prop shafts, hand brake rods, speedo cable and bell housing bolts were al removed as normal, and the Roverdrive was separated to allow space for the gearbox assembly to […]
Axles and Gearbox
I have bought a very cheap but good condition 1983 Salisbury rear axle. The main part of it will be kept as a spare, but I’ll be using its stub axles and hubs to replace those on my current axle. The reasons are two-fold: first, the current stub axles have a tiny amount of wear […]
Mid April 2008
I have just finished reassembling the 109 after tinkering again with the gearbox. I’m hoping that I have found the cause of the 4th gear jumping out on the over-run. It seems like the position that I had set the selector fork on the shaft was too far forward, and this was preventing the shaft […]
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