Hi Everyone,

I replaced my drive shaft today after about 8 years on the 2nd rebuilt one. 2 bearing cups were heavily worn and mushroomed out, it had a vibration at 20mph and under. One advantage of living in Denver is Colorado Drive Shaft keeps a new one on the shelf 6 miles from me.
On the transfer-case, should I look for a lower mileage transfer case? My Rover has 175,000 on it and I run 85s-140 Royal Purple. Is there a lash /backlash measurement that can be taken. I have not seen one in the RAV but have not looked that hard.


This guy seems to have about the same lash as my transfer case. At 1:35 in the video.

 

So no one has thought about the play in their transfer case. Sorry about the misspelling there is no way to change the title once you post

 

Have definitely thought about it, had a horrible clunk on my first Disco when shifting into drive or reverse, ended up bring a severly worn transfer case. Haven't had that problem on my last two, and the current Disco case pops a new leak every few months. I have played around with the idea of tearing down and attempting to overhaul a spare t-case, but the more attractive option for me ended up being an overhauled unit from Ashcroft, even if the shipping from the UK really hurt. No worries with an overhaul vs. a used or repaired. There is a separate overhaul manual for the t-case that Rover Rescource has posted on his site, should be able to get you the actual backlash data you need.

Rhys L.

 

I have an 03 D2 with that had an 04 transfer case in it. That case stopped going into Lo, developed both a lot of lash and lot of metal shavings in the oil. I replaced with an Ashcroft unit and there is a lot less lash and all of the positions work.

The lash developing my older unit was getting pretty bad. I would put the transmission into N coming to a stop to avoid lash in the drive line as the D2 came to a stop.

 

So what is the damage on an overhauled T-case from Ashcroft with shipping? I would have a lot of faith in their rebuild. I can get a used T-case with 134,000 on it for probably $200 locally. But I'm not excited about pulling it out myself, + removing my own.

 

https://www.ashcroft-transmissions.c...es/lt-230.html

Wow these are actually pretty cheap.

What options did you get. Would it be worth it to mess with the ratios?

I wonder if these come with the locking mechanism that would hook up to the 04 easily.

 

All t-cases from Ashcroft are locking, if I recall. Messing with high gear ratios depends on your kind of driving. I do remember that the shipping cost made it impractical to send back in a core, it was almost a wash. I would go for the sleeved case and heavy locking cross pin. It's not a huge job to change a t-case, I think my Rover guy quoted me about 5-6 hours labor for just a straight swap out, If you need a locking gear lever and cable it will go up from there.

Rhys L.