Thread: Broken gear stick at base on ex army landy is this common

I have seen one on a Series 3. It was some time ago when the ADF were auctioning them off at Fowles.
I wouldn't say common but has been known to happen.

I drove the things in the army....I can't say why you'd ever put enough pressure on the stick to break it off.

I think something heavy has been thrown against it to do that. Not while driving.....but...you never know , there were some heavy handed grunts.

Yes. I'd go as far as to say it very common. I've had one go on a road move from pucka to Sydney. And when I was a transport NCO I had two go. Always at the base of the stick where it meets the ball socket.
I think it's a combination of vibration and rough handling, not you, but the hundreds of diggers that didn't give a **** about a landy that wasn't theirs.

Cheers

Nino.

Broken sticks on Series Landies goes back to the 80". There is a description of a repair of one during the ADE tropical trials of the Holden grey engine in an 80" during 1951.

It was such a common occurrence that in the 1970's many of us carried a spare gearstick in the toolbox.

Yep had mine break on the Landie I used to leave on Moreton Is. in the '90s. I used a large screw driver to replace it when driving. It also served as an anti theft device that way
Steve

Almost every Series Landrover I have seen has had a welded up gearlever.

My 110 broke the gearlever at about 300k km.

I would have to say it is fairly common. The one on the 110 was a fatigue failure (you could see the progressive nature of the crack on the break surface) and I suspect the same applies to the Series ones. Poor design - there is a stress raiser in the sharp step at the top of the ball.

John

Lost count how many I welded up.......tip - don't be lazy and weld it in situ. I know a couple of apprentices sent on an FRT that nearly set an FFR on fire. The sigs were not impressed, it soon cleared the cam net, apparently they were in the middle of an important conversation. Good thing we had a fridge full of goffa's to settle them down.

I just recently repaired one, which had also been welded up before. I've noticed a few welded ones on the Perenties being sold. Took the picture before welding it up - attempted to do only a half bodgie repair this time. Don't forget to put the metal plate with the three holes over the gearstick stalk before you weld it up. Surprisingly you can slide the rubber boot that covers all this over the fat part of the stick once it's welded up.