Thread: Transfercase help

Check out this video. It sounds like this may have happened to your transfer case. From about 1min is related to the LT230.

Why do Land Rover transmission units fail? - ask the expert - YouTube

Originally Posted by Jazzman

Check out this video. It sounds like this may have happened to your transfer case. From about 1min is related to the LT230.

Why do Land Rover transmission units fail? - ask the expert - YouTube

That youtube from Ashcroft explained exactly what went wrong I was playing in the sand testing the difference between having the centre diff locked or unlocked

so I cooked it pure and simple

they make a replacement centre diff that fixes the issue

Originally Posted by blitz

.... I was playing in the sand testing the difference between having the centre diff locked or unlocked

so I cooked it pure and simple

they make a replacement centre diff that fixes the issue

Look into their Torsen type(limited slip) diffs for the centre.
It allows you to not have to lock it up in low grip surfaces and still gives good front/rear traction, AND also has the ability to lock it up as per the normal LR manner.

Look under their limited slip diff range, and it's called the Ashcroft ATB.

I was going to do that at some point just after I got my D1(June '16), but a month or so after I got it, a bearing poo'ed itself and I had to keep the car on the road, so just got a replacement T/C without the option to fit an Ashcroft ATB centre diff while I was at it.
Had the TC not ***** itself so early on, I'd have had the ATB for centre (and both axles)ordered and fitted late last year.
This plan will now have to wait till surplus $s flow back into the bank account!

Just some ideas to think about.

Originally Posted by AK83

Look into their Torsen type(limited slip) diffs for the centre.
It allows you to not have to lock it up in low grip surfaces and still gives good front/rear traction, AND also has the ability to lock it up as per the normal LR manner.

Look under their limited slip diff range, and it's called the Ashcroft ATB.

I was going to do that at some point just after I got my D1(June '16), but a month or so after I got it, a bearing poo'ed itself and I had to keep the car on the road, so just got a replacement T/C without the option to fit an Ashcroft ATB centre diff while I was at it.
Had the TC not ***** itself so early on, I'd have had the ATB for centre (and both axles)ordered and fitted late last year.
This plan will now have to wait till surplus $s flow back into the bank account!

Just some ideas to think about.

yes, given how I play the Ashcroft ATB is mandatory in my next one so if I'm going to do that I will get it built as strong as I can

Originally Posted by Jazzman

Check out this video. It sounds like this may have happened to your transfer case. From about 1min is related to the LT230.

Why do Land Rover transmission units fail? - ask the expert - YouTube

That video from Ashcrofts is why I always engage my CDL on gravel roads. And wet grass. And....

Originally Posted by johntins

That video from Ashcrofts is why I always engage my CDL on gravel roads. And wet grass. And....

Not enough speed difference on gravel to spin up the centre diff and create an issue IMO, and borne out with over 15 years of lots of fast dirt/gravel in a Deefer.
I just disliked the way it drove with the centre diff locked

Originally Posted by rick130

Not enough speed difference on gravel to spin up the centre diff and create an issue IMO, and borne out with over 15 years of lots of fast dirt/gravel in a Deefer.
I just disliked the way it drove with the centre diff locked

You're probably correct, but I actually like the way it drives on loose stuff. Feels more secure somehow. Subjective, I know.

Originally Posted by johntins

You're probably correct, but I actually like the way it drives on loose stuff. Feels more secure somehow. Subjective, I know.

What I keep forgetting is the big difference in wheelbase between a 130 and, say a Disco.
That makes a massive change in chassis response, let alone the differences in springs, dampers and anti-roll bars, tyres, etc.
A longer wheelbase is more stable when going fast, responses are 'slower'.

I might find the Disco too twitchy with the centre unlocked too.

Or I might have more fun...