Thread: Gracie. DISASTER. Transmission Failure.

Yup another stripped adapter shaft. Shouldn't bloody happen. 😠

Jc

Originally Posted by justinc

Yup another stripped adapter shaft. Shouldn't bloody happen. 😠

Jc

So, why does it "bloody" happen?..Who is to blame?
Justin, thank you for your response, Pickles.

Sorry i was having a rant about the ridiculous situation that exists when a class leading and not entirely cheap vehicle can be designed and assembled and released to the market with such a failure of a major component just waiting to happen. In this day and age of engineering prowess and innovation just how in the heck does this occur??? Its because the end product is governed by accountants preventing engineers from doing their job properly is my guess...
The lack of lubricant during assembly is the reason the splines fret and fail.
Jc

Originally Posted by justinc

Sorry i was having a rant about the ridiculous situation that exists when a class leading and not entirely cheap vehicle can be designed and assembled and released to the market with such a failure of a major component just waiting to happen. In this day and age of engineering prowess and innovation just how in the heck does this occur??? Its because the end product is governed by accountants preventing engineers from doing their job properly is my guess...
The lack of lubricant during assembly is the reason the splines fret and fail.
Jc

During assembly?..How does this happen?..Just assemble without grease?..Like I said, I ain't no mechanical genius, so all info is appreciated.
Pickles.

Originally Posted by Pickles2

During assembly?..How does this happen?..Just assemble without grease?..Like I said, I ain't no mechanical genius, so all info is appreciated.
Pickles.

You could try searching the forum:

MT82 Adapter Shaft

Originally Posted by bee utey

You could try searching the forum:

MT82 Adapter Shaft

Pickles

If you didn't feel like searching, or innocently asked a pretty good question thinking someone might give you a 1sentence answer rather than directing you to search before you ask any questions-

Simple answer(I think). The current design prevents oil/lubricant getting in there. So not as simple as rubbing some grease on I suppose.

Sorry to hear about your loss Pickles, hopefully the problem with Gracie is sorted soon.

It definitely sounds like the output adapter shaft, it's not just the lack of grease that causes the failure, unfortunately there also seems to be issues with alignment between the two housings on some Defenders.

Originally Posted by jimb

Pickles

If you didn't feel like searching, or innocently asked a pretty good question thinking someone might give you a 1sentence answer rather than directing you to search before you ask any questions-

Simple answer(I think). The current design prevents oil/lubricant getting in there. So not as simple as rubbing some grease on I suppose.

jimb, Thank You.
After getting home last night, I can tell you that I was totally devastated, mainly with the transmission failure, but also the "Saga" of getting Gracie back to ULR, so rightly or wrongly, I didn't even think about a search, but thanks for the link, which this morning I have been able to absorb!....I have now looked at it, and I reckon that is definitely the issue.
Funnily enough I was given a drive of a friend's new Adventure Edition last week, & I did say to him that his drove very smoothly, with much less transmission/slackness/backlash than mine,......so maybe this "condition" has been building up for a while.
Thanks, Pickles.