Thread: LT95 Hi to Lo dramas

If the gearbox feels ok (no crunching synchros, bearing rattles or mainshaft endfloat), I would just recon the transfer, which you can do in situ. Usually the condition you describe is caused by shim wear on the intermediate shaft if it is a standard intermediate shaft or abuse if it is a TRB intermediate shaft. I can help with part numbers if you need.

Originally Posted by Bearman

If the gearbox feels ok (no crunching synchros, bearing rattles or mainshaft endfloat), I would just recon the transfer, which you can do in situ. Usually the condition you describe is caused by shim wear on the intermediate shaft if it is a standard intermediate shaft or abuse if it is a TRB intermediate shaft. I can help with part numbers if you need.

Brian, As it happens, my TRB box has just started this nonsense, along with a slight gear noise throughout.
What you say about abuse makes sense, as I bought the TRB off a guy who raced Rangies, but I thought the bearings etc looked OK- my bad.
Is it a case of new bearings as a fix on the TRB box?.
I just love crawling around on the cold concrete

Originally Posted by DeeJay

Brian, As it happens, my TRB box has just started this nonsense, along with a slight gear noise throughout.
What you say about abuse makes sense, as I bought the TRB off a guy who raced Rangies, but I thought the bearings etc looked OK- my bad.
Is it a case of new bearings as a fix on the TRB box?.
I just love crawling around on the cold concrete

Just as well as it sounds like you have a bit more crawling to do David
If it is jumping out of gear and some bearing noise I would suspect the intermediate shaft needs new bearings and resetting the preload. Possibly the gear dogs have some damage as well. Drop it out and have a look at it. The bearings are Ford falcon front inner wheel bearings (6 X LR68149/10) and inexpensive from a bearing shop. Check the engaging dogs on all 3 gears and if tapered or chipped/damaged, replace them while you are at it. You will have to check the preload when you reassemble it. Also check the clearance on the T/Case selector fork in the box.