Thread: Roamer drive

The bloke who sells them here in Australia is behind where I work at Galston.

Global Roamer Corporation

Don.

Originally Posted by 67hardtop

Do they make em to suit lt95a perenties??? That'll test them

No.

Originally Posted by djam1

What oil do you run one of my concerns is Rays pedantic insistence on gl4 oils
I would like to run Motul gear 300 but would void my warranty

As you mentioned, GL4, not even GL4-plus. The newer GL5, etc... are too harsh on the 'yellow' metals/ brass. I don't want to take a chance that anything goes wrong that could have been prevented.

Originally Posted by 67hardtop

Do they make em to suit lt95a perenties??? That'll test them

Would a Fairy OD fit?
Whats the difference between the 95 and 95a?
I have had a Fairy behind the 95 for 25 years driven with a 4BD1 now 4BD1T with no problems at all. (Touch wood)

Everyone thinks the lt95 fairey overdrive is too weak for the 4bd1. I think they would be ok. Obviously they are ok if driven normally not thrashed. I would like to get one for my perentie but aparently they are hard to find nowadays.

The Fairy out of a Series is a pretty weak unit the one for the Range Rover Classic hence LT95 was a pretty durable unit to my knowledge.

Yes i have a series unit. Noisy as all hell. I would like one for the lt95. I have a rangie gbox in my perentie actually. Fitted by the PO.

Sorry, just saw this post.

I have one in a 300Tdi with VNT.
It lasted about 100,000+ km before requiring an extensive rebuild. The cause was a failed rear bearing, but it's failure ended up causing damage to the planetary gears.

Most of the bearings I pulled out were hefty and good, but that small rear bearing had a "made in China" stamp on it, I suspect a better bearing would have lasted longer, and I don't think Ray uses Chinese bearings anymore, the replacements certainly weren't.

I did run GL5 in it for awhile, which I no longer do, but I don't think that caused the bearing failure.

I was still happy to pay for repairs, as I feel it adds a lot to the driveability of the vehicle for long distance touring, and didn't want to revert back to no O/D.