Thread: Bought a bargain P38, or have I

Originally Posted by imatt

Cheers all for the replies, I think you are on the money hoges, I have had window down while turning and it sounds like inside rear wheel is trying to skid/skip. Will start reading about VC

There's a huge difference in prices being asked for the replacement Borg Warner Viscous couplings. It may even be that you can get one imported from the UK for at least a couple of hundred dollars less that the asking price here in Aus. It's worth shopping around.

EDIT: BTW, the part number is RTC6044 and Karcraft in Sydney have the genuine part listed for about $1,210.oo (my price list is a couple of yrs. out of date) but it's a guide at least. You'll also need a seal and possibly a new output bearing as well... it's all in RAVE...

Check out Viscous coupling...vicious price and

PeteP38's truly excellent "how to" guide posted as a pdf attachment very recently with step by step instructions and lots of photos! P38 viscous coupling replacement in photos.

Thanks wayneg for the heads up but I won't risk using a second-hand one, I saw o e of those transfer cases had 220k on it,my rangie only has 198k. Will probably buy from Ashcroft, that's where I got my cdl lever for the disco