need4speed Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Weird one happened today. I was lifting my gearbox / transferbox using a borrowed engine hoist (my dad is currently hogging my new one), i must have lifted it at least 3 feet off the deck in order to clear the chassis when the jib of the hoist collapsed! The gearbox/transferbox free-fell to the deck with a sickening crash. Ive never seen or heard of a hoist doing this before. The whole unit fell into the concrete floor transfer-brake first. Is it possible for me to have seriously damaged something? None of the casings have split but i was concerned about maybe the shaft that the brake is connected to could have bent. Is that possible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diff Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Weird one happened today. I was lifting my gearbox / transferbox using a borrowed engine hoist (my dad is currently hogging my new one), i must have lifted it at least 3 feet off the deck in order to clear the chassis when the jib of the hoist collapsed! The gearbox/transferbox free-fell to the deck with a sickening crash. Ive never seen or heard of a hoist doing this before. The whole unit fell into the concrete floor transfer-brake first. Is it possible for me to have seriously damaged something? None of the casings have split but i was concerned about maybe the shaft that the brake is connected to could have bent. Is that possible? In theory, yes it could be bent. The handbrake drum could also be knocked out of round. You may be lucky. You can check for bent shaft/out of round drum by making up a 'pointer' from wire or steel and bolt it to the gearbox so the the 'point' is very close to the edge of the drum or shaft flange if you take the drum off. Then rotate the gearbox shaft and see if the distance between the pointer and the drum or flange changes. Regards, Diff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landmannnn Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 In theory, yes it could be bent. The handbrake drum could also be knocked out of round. You may be lucky. I think need4speed has already used up all his luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
need4speed Posted September 22, 2009 Author Share Posted September 22, 2009 You know me so well..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
need4speed Posted September 22, 2009 Author Share Posted September 22, 2009 Thanks for the info Diff. I'll check it out.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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