Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Hey guys,

At the moment I have a bit of a problem, I have a SASed Paj and I have flogged out both output bearings and now with the amount of movement the shafts have I am going thru seals like underwear. Is there any off the shelf bearing that can be bought to install? Mitisubishi have told me this is a non serveciable item and I need a new transfer..

Can anyone shed some light on this? Or am I better off to get a second hand transfer and just swap my crawler gears into it?? I searched and couldn't find anything but this is no surprise to my Missus

they need to be machined and re bushed they do it here in Australia.
still not cheap expensive

Sounds like it's easier to get another transfer, where in Aust do they do them? I'm actually from Vic.

You can just renew the output piece where the slipjoint is, thats what I did. Made it out of brass - solid as a rock now.

Mistubishi only sell the output housing complete and $NZ738 + GST

I bought a genuine extension housing from Mitsubishi @ $380au and it lasted about a year. Had a new bush machined up out of brass and never looked back. Wish I'd gone down that path first.

NJV6 wrote:You can just renew the output piece where the slipjoint is, thats what I did. Made it out of brass - solid as a rock now.

Mistubishi only sell the output housing complete and $NZ738 + GST

Are you talking about the rear output? If so my problem is the front output bearing which I have been told by Mitsi dealer you cannot buy, could the same principles be applied? I asked a shop to make me one but once I told him what it was for he was worried if it started to get out of shape it would weld itself to the transfer case.

Do you have up and down movement of the front shaft where it goes into the transfer? This is not a common fault with the standard IFS as the front diff is solidly mounted and there is no up and down movement. I would assume yours has worn due to the movement of the front solid diff. The front shaft runs a similair bush as the rear shaft. The problem with the front is that the housing is not easily removed to have a bush machined up. You would need to remove the gearbox and transfer as a complete unit, seperate the transfer from the gearbox then split the casings of the transfer and remove the gears, shafts etc to have a new bush machined up. Either that or replace the transfer with a second hand one.

Yeah if you grab the slip joint it moves up down and all around, it is a problem you wouldn't have with IFS, Joys of doing a SAS. Two options I have are 1. Get another transfer and swap the gears over or 2. strip the transfer and replace the broken bits with new parts. i think the latter will be more expensive but may last longer...

Thanks for the infor Hudson.