LT 77 gear box and transfer box

[bushwhacker]

Just seeking advice on whether to keep a gear box that is popping out of reverse for spares or to refubish. I had driven the LR it came out of on many occasions and this was its only fault. The transfer box came out of a 300tdi 90 I had bought and had seized striping teeth of a couple of gears. Don't know why it seized. I am thinking there would be specialist tools and pullers to do the strip down which I don't have. Regards Mark.

[lo-fi]

Nothing special needed to strip an LT230, just normal spanners stuff. You can certainly easily strip to assess whether there's much worth keeping. Given that they're cheap and plentiful, it's probably not worth rebuilding unless you've got spares on the shelf. 

The 77 does require a couple of special tools iirc, but have thumb through the manual 

[ianmayco68]

Gearbox if you want to refurbish I’d send it away to be done and keep it as a spare but a transfer box is easily done at home , I’ve done 2 now . The toolbox videos on YouTube https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vi5kHtvY-u8 are great they do a step by step guide that’s not the 1st one but will put you on the rite track , only special tools are a dial gauge ( cheap off eBay) and the big nut tool which they show you how to make one out of an old socket , so well worth doing hope this helps .

[FridgeFreezer]

LT230 are incredibly simple, even I've done a couple, no special tools needed. However, as they're so plentiful and robust it's hardly worth the effort unless you really want to build a properly refurbished one.

[bushwhacker]

Thanks, something to ponder over.