Thread: where did this come from ??

Yes, its a K box - didn't realise they came with the cross drilled input gear as standard, thanks for letting me know.

FWIW Retorque bushed the intermediate shaft bore for me when I rebuilt the t/case (as well as rebushing the little ends on the 'rods) and John Quinn recored the rad with a HD Redback core too.

Originally Posted by rick130

FWIW Retorque bushed the intermediate shaft bore for me when I rebuilt the t/case (as well as rebushing the little ends on the 'rods) and John Quinn recored the rad with a HD Redback core too.

I was just up at John Quinns getting a quote to HD re-core my radiator last week- it's one of the jobs on a (very) long 'to do' list I'll get him to do it when budget allows.

PS - have you got any idea what this darn pin is that I'm trying to identify? I'm now leaning towards a locating dowel of some sort? It must have been left inside either the gearbox or transfer case at some point ? If the main shaft bearings are the largest in teh Tcase and gearbox, then this is too big to come from any bearing.

Possibly the pin to hold the shaft for the pinion gears in the centre differential.
Normily a roll pin but if someone's been in there?
Pictures...serious backward step!!

Well, the mystery of the 'bearing pin' has been solved.

After completely stripping the transfer case, I've discovered where that pin came from.

Not from the transfer case - and ahhh....it didn't originate from a factory in solihull either.

Whist putting the engine and gearbox back in, a dodgy old ratchet I was using got very notchy to use, so I put it to one side.

sweeping the floor in the garage the other day I found the backing plate to that old ratchet - and the penny dropped.

God does have a sense of humour...and the defender will now have a rebuilt transfer case.

Well that does explain all the confusion
Glad you found what it came from
You even had a few doubting their landy sanity