LT95 intermediate shaft bearing upgrade

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21st January 2011, 09:13 PM
justinc

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Originally Posted by djam1

Thanks for your input I can get .996:1 tapered roller conversion from a friend
I want to use 1.336:1 as I only have a 3.5 litre High compression motor
I dont think I could tow with it if I used the higher gearing.

djam1, you can borrow the .996:1 gear set etc and get your 1.336:1 gears modded to take their place...

JC
21st January 2011, 09:15 PM
djam1

True Justin I actually have a couple of spare sets the issue is up here I cant find competent machinists might need to send then interstate.
Will ponder it
21st January 2011, 09:16 PM
Bearman

Quote:

Originally Posted by djam1

Thanks for your input I can get .996:1 tapered roller conversion from a friend
I want to use 1.336:1 as I only have a 3.5 litre High compression motor
I dont think I could tow with it if I used the higher gearing.

djam, you could convert the 0.996 ratio to 1.336 if you have a set of gears. Take the hi range gear from the intermediate shaft to a machine shop and get them to machine the gear centre to take the taper roller bearings, then just substite it for the 0.996 gear.
21st January 2011, 09:17 PM
justinc

Quote:

Originally Posted by djam1

True Justin I actually have a couple of spare sets the issue is up here I cant find competent machinists might need to send then interstate.
Will ponder it

It may be a long shot, but see if Kerr engineering in Welshpool is still about. Many years ago they were doing all sorts of jobs for Rovertech, and some for me I even sent a LT95 centre diff to them from here to get them to repair/ modify the housing. VERY good work they did, too.

JC
22nd January 2011, 11:20 AM
wagoo

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Originally Posted by justinc

The shaft deflection I agree could become a concern at some point, but after 80,000km and loads of hard work, no particles, noises, or endfloat etc has been detected.

I believe the TR conversion is worthwhile in my case.

JC

Justin, Are you using the LandRover kit supplied to the Military? The Ritter Automotive type of design used a bigger diameter shaft that shouldn't present any bending issues. The bent shafts I mentioned were from the heavier Perentie 6x6s, which no doubt would have been a factor in why they bent, but all the same the reduced diameter didn't fill me with confidence.

I was going to but forgot to mention that the Agrover wasn't a great success because it did suffer chain stretch after a while, but probably a duplex version of their chain may have been the ticket.
Wagoo.
22nd January 2011, 01:59 PM
justinc

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Originally Posted by wagoo

Justin, Are you using the LandRover kit supplied to the Military? The Ritter Automotive type of design used a bigger diameter shaft that shouldn't present any bending issues. The bent shafts I mentioned were from the heavier Perentie 6x6s, which no doubt would have been a factor in why they bent, but all the same the reduced diameter didn't fill me with confidence.

I was going to but forgot to mention that the Agrover wasn't a great success because it did suffer chain stretch after a while, but probably a duplex version of their chain may have been the ticket.
Wagoo.

Hi Wagoo, yes I am using a 6x6 transmission actually, with a .996:1 conversion (as they ran 1.113:1 High range TR), and the rear output drive unit is now somewhere north of here...:D
I didn't know that they had a deflection problem until you mentioned it, but guessed it would be the 5.5T 6X6 that would suffer with the type of drivers they get...:o

I reckon I'd have trouble getting it to have a problem with my little vehicle:D

JC

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