white90 Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 Mine decided to start pouring oil from the joint between the gear box/transfer box so today reluctantly I removed said transfer box to replace the seal. on removal the seal appears to be in fine order, so I thought I'd check the breather, low and behold it was well and truly blocked by either flying mud or a Bstid insect making the tube its nest site the end was well plugged with soil. So a blast with the air line saw that cleared out. Now just waiting on some new seals/gaskets so I can put it all back together tomorrow. moral of the story check the obvious before pulling a transfer box off your car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bull Bar Cowboy Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 I thought mine was the input shaft seal, but after replacement, oil continued to pi$$ out. You may be lucky, however, I was victim of a more common failure of the ‘O’ ring seal on the intermediate shaft. If the transfer box has covered a high(ish) mileage the case can also wear in the vicinity of the ‘O’ ring. As the box bearings were decidedly showing their age and I wanted to change ratio, I opted for a replacement box from Dave Ashcroft. ………. IIRC beardy armchair had the same problem………. Part 25 in the drawing below. This post is brought to you by the gloom, doom, & despondency depasrtment. HTH Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Henson Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 moral of the story check the obvious before pulling a transfer box off your car Now what's that word that begins with 'P' and ends with 'lonker' ? Les. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white90 Posted June 19, 2006 Author Share Posted June 19, 2006 The seal was leaking prior to this weekend so will be replaced tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honitonhobbit Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 IIRC beardy armchair had the same problem………. I did yes - mind you, over 250K miles isn't bad for a T box Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JST Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 not all in vain then Tony, bloody typical it was the breather, did the bolt extension things work ok then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white90 Posted June 20, 2006 Author Share Posted June 20, 2006 yes worked a treat saved any risk of damaging the new seal all back in and road tested now found another leak to sort out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JST Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 where? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white90 Posted June 20, 2006 Author Share Posted June 20, 2006 http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopic=6315 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRecklessEngineer Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 Hmmm...my transfer box is making some interesting noises - I get a nice clunk shortly after taking up drive - I think it is play in the front output shaft. Its not leaking oil yet, so should last a good few k miles! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will_warne Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 Unlucky, Tony. Those things aren't light. I've started to get a bit of a leak coming from the underdrive area which is annother job to add to the list..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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