Thread: LT230 input gear... again

Righteo, lets see if this works

have a couple of pics of the wear on my 95 130 fender R380 mainshaft and LT230 input gear:

steve

The gear in my 98 defender has holes in the boss,is that the fix for this problem by allowing more oil to get to it? Pat

you got it in one......

From what I have gathered the fix was to cross drill the input gear and extend the splines. If this has been fitted from new then the splines will have been lubricated and you should have minimal wear.

Non drilled inputs effectively had no lubrication... metal on metal fretting away. When I removed the input it still had the gunked on "grease" applied when built 12 years ago... and dry splines.

Steve

Mine was shocking when I removed it, and I know I'll have to do the shaft and yet another gear sometime down the line, but now is not the time to chuck $2K at the car.

I doubt you'll have any issues for a while, but the next thing will be all of a sudden you'll have no drive at all because the spline on the shaft is GONE. It will just shear off. The funky bit is you'll never know when it's going to happen until you're an "expert" - eg you're pushing the Fender.

Originally Posted by MacMan

Mine was shocking when I removed it, and I know I'll have to do the shaft and yet another gear sometime down the line, but now is not the time to chuck $2K at the car.

I doubt you'll have any issues for a while, but the next thing will be all of a sudden you'll have no drive at all because the spline on the shaft is GONE. It will just shear off. The funky bit is you'll never know when it's going to happen until you're an "expert" - eg you're pushing the Fender.

This may sound bodgy but will get ya home if the shaft or gear or both strip ..

I tapped in sum stainless wire about 2.5mm in dia into the spline in different spots till it was tight and that restored the drive good enough to get me home to repair it proper

Ah Lokka, the joys of doing it just to get home.
I had wondered what I would do if it sheared out bush. Putting some wedges in is a great idea, then just take it easy. I sort of figured that bush battery welding it would not be strong enough.

Ever fixed a leaky (read not holding fluid at all) ZF auto tranny sump gasket on a slight slope, dirt road, on a standard height disco... we used the outer casing from the 7 core trailer wire to space the sump and lots of goo. It held oil and we contined on - until the A clutch packed it and we were left with reverese but we still got it moving the firts time!!!
Steve

Holy crap batman! you are getting it just in time, very soon you will go to take off and just get a ratchetting noise like a hammer drill and no go.