Transfer Case
Injuries aside it is time to remove my old transfer case, freshen up the “new” one, and rebuild it, I’ll start by removing the old one…
Damn that’s dirty, guess I should pressure wash it (I like my pressure washer). Then I’ll need to grind off the heads of the front driveshaft bolts that have rounded off, once I do that I can ignore this case in favor of the one I have that has a lot less miles on it.
So I tore down the “new” transfer case so I could inspect it and replace the shift fork pads when I saw a familiar sight… Looks like this case has gotten hot in the past…
It was when I pulled the shafts and chain out that I saw the detail that made me stop.
So there goes that case, I threw it back together and chucked it aside, then I grabbed my case and opened it up expecting to see the same brown gunk inside (I knew that I’d overheated it in the past, hence why I was using one that might not have). Nope, clean as can be just some naturally worn shift pads. Even the bearings felt good as you could ask for. I replaced the pads on the shift forks, cleaned it up, and put the modified short main shaft in and called it ready for RTV, I guess it’s a good thing I took that time to pressure wash the case after all.
Once I got it together I re-installed it in the Jeep, filled it up with ATF, and adjusted the shift linkage, ready to go.
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