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can i change the transfer gears in situ?
Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 8:37 am
by zen
as above on a 87 rangie..lt230 transfer box..need to change the transfer gears with box still in motor?? or do i need to drop it out??
(on my own,no garage so first option would be good!!!)
Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 5:30 pm
by RangingRover
I'm fairly sure a mate of mine has done it, the trick is wriggling the high range gear past the intermediate gear - he reckons it can be done, and his was an 87 or 88.... That said, you can't do it in a defender transfer case, as high range is 1.4 instead of 1.2, and the gear appears to be just a little bigger.
Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 8:52 pm
by cloughy
What i nightmare, drop the gears and see how you go, if its to hard, you had to drop the case anyhow

Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 8:58 pm
by Reddo
I fink Rangin Rover is correct here.......give it a try
Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 10:14 pm
by cooter
would be easier to drop just the transfer case have done on mine a few times
Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 7:33 am
by HSV Rangie
the R rover gears will come out a PIA though.
the lower ratio 1.4-1 ect wont.
MIchael.
Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 8:28 am
by zen
thanks...
just need it to stop raining now!!!(if it ever will!)
Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 7:11 pm
by disco95
cooter wrote:would be easier to drop just the transfer case have done on mine a few times
Hour or so to drop, a day to refit. Done mine once or twice too.
Seriously though, for the hassle of working under the vehicle, I'd just drop the transfer. then you can get a good look at everything in the process. Wouldn't you be pissed if you dropped a gear set out to change, and a month later all the other bearings crapped themselves.
Just take note of where the bolts came from, it'd be a real PIA if you put one that was too long in the wrong place, and chipped a couple of teeth......
