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2.85 t/case gears

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2.85 t/case gears

Post by sjjenkin »

i have sent an email to Mark Hardman to order some gears just waiting for a reply (hope hes not on holidays :lol:). enyone els here instaled them to the 3l v6 around 89? how good are these gears and eny info on the do's and dont's of instaling them? cant seem to find eny photos. maby if enyones keen again for a group buy? thats if theres some stock :armsup:
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Post by M1S3RY »

I emailed him ages ago and never got a reply. Hope you have better luck. You can also check out: http://www.marks4wd.com/products/gearma ... -gears.htm
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Post by sjjenkin »

marks out of manual 2.85 tcase gears till after crissy :cry: so im going to give marks adapters a try do i need a 24 or a 23 spline its for a 89 nf lwb manual pajero v6
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Post by CapnCrunch »

How good are these gears? Exceptional. I had a set installed three years ago. Dollar for dollar, I consider them to be the most useful mod I've done to my rig (2.6L Petrol with manual tranny, dual ARB lockers, 5.29 diffs, and a lot of other mods). Despite having a 4-cylinder engine, this gearing has allowed me to climb anything my tires can hang onto and the vehicle can clear. They also allow the engine to run cooler on the trail because it's not working near as hard.

Mark Hardman's a busy guy, so just be patient with him. I got an email from him a couple days ago so he's around (he manufactured a custom set of PTO gears to work with my 2.85 gears for me and he was letting me know they were done).
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Post by MontyMcV »

CapnCrunch wrote:...he manufactured a custom set of PTO gears to work with my 2.85 gears for me and he was letting me know they were done.
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Post by HotAe92 »

Do these gears only replace the Low-Range Gear sets, or are all drive modes reduced?

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Post by NJV6 »

Only Low range.
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Post by CapnCrunch »

MontyMcV wrote:
CapnCrunch wrote:...he manufactured a custom set of PTO gears to work with my 2.85 gears for me and he was letting me know they were done.
You suck! :x
:lol:

Yeah, I know Bill. When it all gets put together, me and Nitteberg will have the only two rigs on the planet that have 2.85 gears and a PTO. :D
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Post by HotAe92 »

does anyone know whether an American company does the equivalent gear sets?

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Post by -Scott- »

HotAe92 wrote:does anyone know whether an American company does the equivalent gear sets?

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No. The Americans buy these gear sets from Oz, because nobody else makes them.
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Post by CapnCrunch »

-Scott- wrote:
HotAe92 wrote:does anyone know whether an American company does the equivalent gear sets?

Cheers,
Jayden
No. The Americans buy these gear sets from Oz, because nobody else makes them.
Correct. I am in the US and I bought mine three years ago from Mark Hardman in Oz. To my knowledge, he's the only source for these gears.
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Post by Bitsamissin »

That's right if you do a google search there are a few places overseas selling 2.85 Pajero low range gears.
These are all made by Mark Hardman.
The gears Marks 4wd Adapters sell are all made by Mark Hardman.
Nobody else in the world is making low range Pajero gears.
I do know of one guy who had a custom set made about 10 years ago in Sydney it cost him an absolute shitload and only got a 2.4 something ratio.
He told me the gearcutter banned him from ever going there again !!
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Post by sjjenkin »

hey Bitsamissin could you please let us know when there are new gear sets are ready just dont want to hassl mark. a roughf time would be nice to know. so i gather if mark dosent have eny marks adapters wont eather?
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Post by MontyMcV »

Right. Got mine from Mark as well. (Shipped to US.)

(Capn, can't to hear more on the PTO...)
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Post by CapnCrunch »

MontyMcV wrote:(Capn, can't to hear more on the PTO...)
More info will be coming soon. I just got the last piece of the equation (the custom PTO gearing) last night. If I can manage to get a break from my insane work schedule, I'll get to work on regearing the PTO and mounting it. Then I need to do some modification of my Don bumper to mount my PTO winch. After that, mount the winch, install the shafts, and I'm ready to go! Pics and write-up will follow thereafter.

Frank, I sent Mark an email last night thanking him and letting him know I got the gears. If you see him, please re-iterate my thanks!
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Post by j-top paj »

what are they worth approx? my mate wants a set for his paj he just bought
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Post by j-top paj »

are we still doing a group buy?
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Post by Chris »

If there's a discount for a group buy, please, let us know... I'm also interested...
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Post by PajeroSRV »

Yeah I have to say these gears are awesome. I had to wait about 6 months for mine - stick em in and you can run 35/36 no worries. They are a bitch to install, but it can be done. Luckily I had help from Frank and a couple of other mates.

I put them in not so much to get more power for climbing but to get good reduction for slowing you down on steep descents.

We've got a Paj & a Patrol. In standard form the patrol gives you heaps of good low range engine braking, the paj does not.

The patrol has standard nissan gears and 31's. The paj has the low range gears and the 35's. In low 1st, they go downhill at about the same speed, so in short, the paj low range gears slow you down, lots. Well worth it for the control and great stress free driving, especially on long trips where you don't need the stress.

So in summary, put in your order, be patient and then enjoy :)
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Post by Chris »

I've read that the transfer case requires a small modification to fit the gears... that has to be done to the V25 3.5 V6's t-case also?
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Post by Hekta »

PajeroSRV wrote: The patrol has standard nissan gears and 31's. The paj has the low range gears and the 35's.
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Post by PajeroSRV »

Indeed. :D
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