Should I be thinking about splitting the gearbox and transfer box to check the shafts there? Is there an easy was of checking this without splitting them?
Don't need to split them yet - see posts 17 and 18 above
Should I be thinking about splitting the gearbox and transfer box to check the shafts there? Is there an easy was of checking this without splitting them?
The early R380 gearboxes fitted to the 300Tdi did not have the transfer box input shaft drilled to let oil through.
This caused wear in the splines on the gearbox until the mainshaft just spins in the transfer box.
If this is the case then the gear box shaft needs replacing(Lay shaft or mainshaft(Can't remember which one)) and so does the transfer box input with a new cross drilled one. Lets hope it is the clutch hey??
Op could check that by taking the transfer PTO cover off and having a look
Which cover did you have off - the one that's being suggested is the round one up at the top of the back surface of the transfer box.
Can I put it in first and spin the gears or something and see if the drum on the rear of the transfer box spins?
So when you lifted the clutch and tried to get drive, at a certain point you would get a rattle and all the gears on the transfer box would move like 1/8 of a turn or something.
I had the cover off before I dropped the gearbox.
Suppose I don't want to do a fullclutch change without maki sure when I've put it back together it's going to have fixed the problem!
have you tried turning the clutch center whilst holding the outerFinally got round to doing this today, been busy with work commitments.
So got the gearbox and transfer box dropped down, had a look in the clutch. Looks to be ok, which is worrying. There's was some oil in there that shouldn't have been. Not much though. Clutch seems ok, but will be replaced anyway. Gearbox input shaft is fine. Splines are really good. The only thing that I could find in the clutch housing was the slipper pads on the clutch arm were both completely locked tight on one position. Could this cause the problems of loosing drive?
Also there was a crack on the clutch arm, hadn't punched through but couldn't have been far off!
Should I be thinking about splitting the gearbox and transfer box to check the shafts there? Is there an easy was of checking this without splitting them?
Cheers guys!
have you tried turning the clutch center whilst holding the outer