Took my 2.8L hilux turbo diesel for a spin down the coast on Friday and shattered the clutch plate on the way (one of the springs fell out). Fixed that with a heavy duty RPM clutch kit and then on the way home lost 5th gear and eventually the whole gearbox failed.
Is having 33's on a hilux along with the extra tourqe from the turbo too much for the driveline or am I just unlucky? I have bought a fully reconditioned 5 speed gearbox for $2000 fitted which also comes with a warranty. How long should I expect for this one to last?
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Hilux Gearbox and Clutch Problems
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Re: Hilux Gearbox and Clutch Problems
depends on how much mechanical sympathy you have .. could destroy it easily in less than 6 months if you tried .. but should last for years.unbreakable wrote:Took my 2.8L hilux turbo diesel for a spin down the coast on Friday and shattered the clutch plate on the way (one of the springs fell out). Fixed that with a heavy duty RPM clutch kit and then on the way home lost 5th gear and eventually the whole gearbox failed.
Is having 33's on a hilux along with the extra tourqe from the turbo too much for the driveline or am I just unlucky? I have bought a fully reconditioned 5 speed gearbox for $2000 fitted which also comes with a warranty. How long should I expect for this one to last?
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i have 35's on my lux all day everyday with a 2.4 turbo, intercooled etc and when i blew the g52 box which was reco'ed before i bought it i about 8 months but looking back at it, it did cop abit of a hiding and as twinnie said dropping back a gear on the hills might have helped the life span of it. i have a r150 in mine now and cant be happier. (except maybe a gear drive transfer would be better then chain)
Gu Ute,
Why do you say this?YB.LOW4 wrote:(except maybe a gear drive transfer would be better then chain)
Would it be worth swapping a gear transfer onto the back of the R series box?
The chain transfer is lower in low range which is better in my opinion.
(sorry for taking this off the original topic a bit).
Wheeling on completely wicked angles, without even looking stable.
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I dont know alot about hiluxes but I'd assume its because there are plenty of aftermarket reduction gearsets (crawler gears) on the market for the gear driven transfers. If you've got a chain drive all you can do is change diff ratios. Not sure if the transfers are a straight swap.Highway-Star wrote:Why do you say this?YB.LOW4 wrote:(except maybe a gear drive transfer would be better then chain)
Would it be worth swapping a gear transfer onto the back of the R series box?
The chain transfer is lower in low range which is better in my opinion.
(sorry for taking this off the original topic a bit).
Thought of that, but the way it was posted sounded like another reason...RAY185 wrote:I dont know alot about hiluxes but I'd assume its because there are plenty of aftermarket reduction gearsets (crawler gears) on the market for the gear driven transfers. If you've got a chain drive all you can do is change diff ratios. Not sure if the transfers are a straight swap.
The chain driven is lower standard, which is nice.
I've got a G52 withs gear transfer, and R151 with chain transfer sitting here, and no way they are a straight swap, but I understand it can be done.
Wheeling on completely wicked angles, without even looking stable.
thats exactly why mate.RAY185 wrote:I dont know alot about hiluxes but I'd assume its because there are plenty of aftermarket reduction gearsets (crawler gears) on the market for the gear driven transfers. If you've got a chain drive all you can do is change diff ratios. Not sure if the transfers are a straight swap.Highway-Star wrote:Why do you say this?YB.LOW4 wrote:(except maybe a gear drive transfer would be better then chain)
Would it be worth swapping a gear transfer onto the back of the R series box?
The chain transfer is lower in low range which is better in my opinion.
(sorry for taking this off the original topic a bit).
Gu Ute,
Here's the link could just use the box to case adapter using a top shift case 
http://www.marlincrawler.com/htm/transf ... co_box.htm
http://www.marlincrawler.com/htm/transf ... co_box.htm
plenty of parts on the bench
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