LT95 transmission brake/shudder plus leak.
Howdy Y'all ,I need some guidance ta.
Replaced the lt95 speedo housing rear mainshaft seal recently,and while there replaced drum brake shoes.
The seal was allowing oil into the brake drum area,so handbrake non effective or so i thought.
The speedo housing has always leaked so replaced the gasket and used decent threebond sealant and left it 18 hours to set.
re installed and still seeps when hot.
Twice i've done this gasket replacement with the same result.small puddle on garage floor overnight,,aargh.
Are the mating faces possibly warped 'the lipped speedo housing cannot simply be sanded flat'thoughts..
My dilemma is after doing this work i now have a shudder felt thru steering wheel that definitely feels like driveline out of balance .
Wasn't there before i undertook this work,and havent touched anything else bar front tyre pressure which i will drop back to compare.
I didn't tighten the speedo housing large nut,but will check it for correct torque.
The book talks of shims available to offset the new thicker gasket for bearing pre load.
I couldn't find exactly what they are called,nor a part number to order them,any idea here?
On removing the speedo housing second time i still had the drake drum on so fairly weighty, gently tapped to release the speedo housing while prying it to release the siliconed gasket and the entire presumably centre diff pulled out with it,,crikey
I tried to reseat it to no avail,so removed the entire shaft unit to get a better idea how to guide it back.
A gear fell of the end as i layed it down,i had a close look and looks like and fits like a symmetrical gear,so 50/50 it went back on same side up.
Question if it is symmetrical does it matter if it got flipped?
Guided the shaft and gears back in to a point where the shaft had to pick up the bearing half,and by shear luck by rotating gently it picked up the bearing and reseated ,phew...
q2:Is this a major that it pulled out?
All back together ,and i see the brake drum has been drilled during balancing at factory,and the rear propshaft balanced then also.
As both rotating masses i presume the drum doesn't have to be reset the same orientation to maintain balance?
Is there a way to adjust the handbrake lever throw on an lt95 early range rover classic?
I can adjust the transmission brake shoes so they aren't binding.
If the adjustment screw is backed off further from holding the drum,under heavy normal braking the car still shudders,and backed off further until it doesn't shudder,the handbrake is no longer effective on a slope!
I have seen this before with new shoes but not this bad,so wanted to adjust the handbrake lever throw but it's all linkages and no cable adjustment.
The link arms have two threaded locking nuts,and adjusting these makes little difference,no reference to any of this for adjustment i can find in two door classic manuals or lt95 literature..any experience here?
With the handbrake backed off entirely,negated effectively,the driveline shudder is still there,so wondering if something i have done has thrown the balance out,harmonic at 50km,then again at 85km/h?
Cheers Westy