Thread: Transfer Case Woes

Originally Posted by samuelclarke

Had a weekend 4wding with some friends in the Blue Mountains and did the 6 Foot Track...noticed a problem with engaging the centre diff lock during the weekend. That Sunday night I heard a noise coming from the drivetrain - in the morning had a drive from Sydney to the Sunshine Coast...about Singleton it suddenly got really bad sounding like a gear tooth was floating around in the transfer case...had a pit stop, drained the transfer case and bits of gear teeth came out with the oil including a whole tooth! But having to be back at work the next day I decided to add fresh oil and take a risk - the longest trip I've done from Sydney to the Sunshine Coast doing only 70-80km/h...

Have been trying to limp by until I get time to get it done...anyway my mum had her Freelander in having some work done on it, and needed a car so I lent the Defender to her telling her to go very easily! She called me a few hours later saying she was driving along when there was a whole lot of loud noises, and Safara wouldn't go...

I got there and found the front prop shaft had failed grabbing the wiring loom shredding it and putting a huge dent in the floor. (I'd greased everything 2 weeks prior ) Also the transfer case was in a rather sad state.

Anyways, long story shorter here's what was inside the diff where the planetary gears should have been:





Looks like it's going to set me back around $4000.

Was thinking about a reconditioned unit (btw, Ashcroft Transmissions reco LT230 1.4 was the cheapest at $2150 - with most expensive at $2900), but am thinking about a genuine parts new one as they're "only" $3200...

OK, so I'll get off my soapbox now! lol

You been naughty driving off road with out the centre diff lock engaged
Centre diff locks dont blow as a ruel when engaged

do not buy anything in Australia look at Paddocks they had brand new transfer cases in there the other week, shame its 01.35 a.m. i would confirm the add (mag in landy) 570 odd quid so even with shipping you are up i was gonna get one just because they were nuts cheap ......let me look tomorrow (today) and get back to you. andy

p.s. floor panels can be replaced least mum is good and she didn't flip it or anything

good news is you have a fabulous jigsaw puzzle to give someone for christmas so not all bad

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That's all sorts of ugly... Can only imagine the noises it made.

Oh that is awful ... I too feel your pain ... not nice at all

Originally Posted by MacMan

That's all sorts of ugly... Can only imagine the noises it made.

Similar to a VW beetle I would think.............

The last time I saw a centre diff like that was when a Landy came off a 2 wheel dyno .

Surely a decent 2nd hand transfer case would be the way to go, cost wise. You could even fit a Disco item if you wanted to play around with different ratios.

Originally Posted by lardy

do not buy anything in Australia look at Paddocks they had brand new transfer cases in there the other week, shame its 01.35 a.m. i would confirm the add (mag in landy) 570 odd quid so even with shipping you are up i was gonna get one just because they were nuts cheap ......let me look tomorrow (today) and get back to you. andy

p.s. floor panels can be replaced least mum is good and she didn't flip it or anything

I just had a look on their website...couldn't find anything - but mate if you saw a new one for that price it'd be awesome! Let me know if you find anything.

Yeah, I'm thankful my mum is fine - she feels bad about it, but it could've just as easily been me...thankfully she was only doing around 60km/h at the time. I'd hate to see what would've happened at a faster speed!

Originally Posted by lardy

good news is you have a fabulous jigsaw puzzle to give someone for christmas so not all bad

Haha, good one!

Originally Posted by Scouse

Surely a decent 2nd hand transfer case would be the way to go, cost wise. You could even fit a Disco item if you wanted to play around with different ratios.

The cheapest 2nd hand reconditioned transfer case I could find was $2150 from Ashcroft Transmissions in the UK (brought out from Rovacraft)...and I've made calls to quite a few Land Rover parts places on the east coast ranging in price from $2495 to $2900. The thing is I don't want to fit a t/case that's questionable in anyway as it's not going to be cheaper in the long run. The new genuine parts one comes with the hand brake assembly also and a 12 months warranty - just trying to figure out if it's worth $3200...