Thread: fairey overdrive

Fairey overdrives have lots of weaknesses, the worst being wear on the mainshaft. The small needle rollers wear longitudinal grooves causing the overdrive to whine its head off. A mainshaft is nearly as much as a new unit!
Also around 500ml of oil is not alot!
A high speed transfercase is the best bet, but they are only made in uk now.
I wouldnt recomend 35" tyres on any rover, you lose too much braking efficiency and the loss of gearing is amazing. Gearing is what made the Landy so much better than jap 4x4s.

Originally Posted by landrover dave

I wouldnt recomend 35" tyres on any rover, you lose too much braking efficiency and the loss of gearing is amazing.

That is a generalisation that is not quite true - there are a couple of variants that have 35" tyres as standard and their braking is as good if not better than other series rovers and they have no loss of gearing.

Garry

Technically a 900x16 is 36". Aus didnt officially get any 101's, the rapier training vehicles were on loan, and we didnt get any 1 ton Landies. Forward control 2A and 2B had a different t/case to "normal" series, and the 2A FC I did drive had totally crap brakes. My comment was aimed at more common and everyday Landies/Rangies. I do stand corrected owners of these classics!

Originally Posted by garrycol

That is a generalisation that is not quite true - there are a couple of variants that have 35" tyres as standard and their braking is as good if not better than other series rovers and they have no loss of gearing.

Garry