Thread: 120 helpful advise required

Hi Garry,
I don't think tapered bearings would be suitable. I recently made a (it seems) a really good LT85 out of two gearboxes with collapsed front bearings. I purchased the pinion, seals & some roller bearings off LR Series & a Master rebuild kit off Ashcroft ( both in England)

Ashcroft Transmissions - LT85 Master Rebuild Kit

In hindsight I would look closely at the 1-2 gear selector as these apparently wear prematurely.

I would recommend you take heaps of photo's while you strip it down & then go online & purchase the replacement parts for the worn out bits. I would also replace the plastic oil pump with a steel one.
Freight was 50 pounds for the LR Series purchase & 75 quid for the Ashcroft parts, I sourced a primary shaft off one & mainshaft off the other so there was a fair bit of weight.
Both deliveries were here within the week

Originally Posted by DeeJay

Hi Garry,
I don't think tapered bearings would be suitable. I recently made a (it seems) a really good LT85 out of two gearboxes with collapsed front bearings. I purchased the pinion, seals & some roller bearings off LR Series & a Master rebuild kit off Ashcroft ( both in England)

Ashcroft Transmissions - LT85 Master Rebuild Kit

In hindsight I would look closely at the 1-2 gear selector as these apparently wear prematurely.

I would recommend you take heaps of photo's while you strip it down & then go online & purchase the replacement parts for the worn out bits. I would also replace the plastic oil pump with a steel one.
Freight was 50 pounds for the LR Series purchase & 75 quid for the Ashcroft parts, I sourced a primary shaft off one & mainshaft off the other so there was a fair bit of weight.
Both deliveries were here within the week

Thanks DJ I look up Ashcroft parts did you find it an easy rebuild?

Originally Posted by DeeJay

Hi Garry,
I don't think tapered bearings would be suitable. I recently made a (it seems) a really good LT85 out of two gearboxes with collapsed front bearings. I purchased the pinion, seals & some roller bearings off LR Series & a Master rebuild kit off Ashcroft ( both in England)

Ashcroft Transmissions - LT85 Master Rebuild Kit

In hindsight I would look closely at the 1-2 gear selector as these apparently wear prematurely.

I would recommend you take heaps of photo's while you strip it down & then go online & purchase the replacement parts for the worn out bits. I would also replace the plastic oil pump with a steel one.
Freight was 50 pounds for the LR Series purchase & 75 quid for the Ashcroft parts, I sourced a primary shaft off one & mainshaft off the other so there was a fair bit of weight.
Both deliveries were here within the week

DeeJay

Did you get parts from different sources due to availability? or quality/reputation?

Originally Posted by slug_burner

DeeJay

Did you get parts from different sources due to availability? or quality/reputation?

Parts availability is pretty reasonable for the LT85, I thought the Ashcroft parts would be good quality as they do thier own rebuilds but they dont really "drill down" to the smaller bit's n pieces.
I would have got the primary shaft off Ashcroft but at the time, was going to re use the original shaft.


Garry,
Depends what you call easy . Not hard though, you need a good memory. Whatever you do, don't dismantle the gear lever assembly, the fibre collar/ oil seal costs a fortune and you will almost certainly damage it in the process. Just remove the top plate c/w the gear lever.