Thread: What did I do wrong?

if the main box was in gear thats normal....

when your dealing with the center diff...

with the center diff unlocked you must have at least 2 sides of the diff able to turn for any part of it to move (relative to each other)

If you have both rears on the ground and both the Tcase and main box in gear then you wont be able to turn just one wheel on the front.

if its only an alignment issue for the CDL linkage. simply remove it and then use a 10mm (have a search confirm that size) spanner on the controlling shafts flats. you can do that without pulling the tcase off.

You possibly have one of the bolts that attaches the transfer case to the gearbox in the wrong hole and it is fouling the input gear - The bolts are different lengths. Usually the upper bolt located between the front output section of the transfer case and the gearbox is the problem.

Originally Posted by gazk

You possibly have one of the bolts that attaches the transfer case to the gearbox in the wrong hole and it is fouling the input gear - The bolts are different lengths. Usually the upper bolt located between the front output section of the transfer case and the gearbox is the problem.

Hi there Gary,

I saw there were 3 different lengths. The shortest went to the upper front possition. The two medium one's went into the lower front and lower rear. The longest went into the top rear.

This could be the problem. I'll undo them one at a time to see if there is any change. If this is what happened I hope I didn't damaged any internal components.

Cheers, Jurgens.

I seem to recall being warned about this problem when doing the same job with my County as what Gary has described Jurgens. Hopefully it turns out to be simple.

Cheers,

Originally Posted by TimNZ

I seem to recall being warned about this problem when doing the same job with my County as what Gary has described Jurgens. Hopefully it turns out to be simple.

Cheers,

Yeh Tim, I sure do hope so. Not keen on removing it again. Can't wait for tomorrow afternoon to see if it's the problem.

Cheers, Jurgens.

Originally Posted by gazk

You possibly have one of the bolts that attaches the transfer case to the gearbox in the wrong hole and it is fouling the input gear - The bolts are different lengths. Usually the upper bolt located between the front output section of the transfer case and the gearbox is the problem.

Gary, you were spot on mate!!! This shows again that this place is a wealth of information.

I had one of the meduim lenght bolts in the top-forward possition, it's just 5mm longer than the short one. Swapped the two over and Hey Presto, it was free.

Everything seems to be fine, clutch feels nice and firm. The only thing that is not 100% is the center diff selector. It feels "spongie" when moved over to the left. The indicator comes on on the dash but it doesn't feel right. I think I'll remove all the linkages this weekend to see if the problem is with the selector or in the box .

Cheers, Jurgens.