Thanks guys. For anyone with the same problem viewing this thread, i can confirm that once the pinch bolt is released through the inspection cover, the output shaft can be removed relatively easily. I had the gearbox bellhousing pointing upwards so that nothing would fall out to the floor when...

Thanks for the info - I've decided to dive straight in and take out the gearbox, though i suspect yours and my idea of complicated might be slightly different! Hopefully i'll be able to get it back together in one piece...

Hi all - I've managed to jam the 4wd selector shaft into the output shaft housing (trying to free it from corrosion, made it worse...) so i need to know this: is it possible to separate the housing from the transfer box so i can get inside it to free off the stuck shaft? I have the gearbox out...