craig333
Riley's Human
Feel free to move this to a more appropriate forum. Why in WTW? Well the Jeep tows behind the camper and if it weren't for member Camelracer and two WTW rallies this project wouldn't have happened.
Fifi is undergeared and the Tera Low transfer case conversion has been on mind for a long time. Lets me keep reasonable length driveshafts and all my spare parts. Its also time for a new clutch and it makes sense to do that at the same time. At the Carrizo plains rally Dick mentioned he had a converted TC sitting on the garage floor and made me an offer I couldn't refuse. At the Randsburg rally I picked it up and brought it home. I waited until after the Winter Fun Festival and the arrival of more funds to start this project. Ordered up the pricey bowl gear from Advance Adapters and the bearing adapter from Novak and the clutch. Then it sits. Partly because it rained every weekend and partly because I was just lazy.
Finally I decide its time to get it done. My brother has offered up his garage for one day. Try and get it ready to go. Order up the wrong gasket set. Set about getting the Jeep ready, spending an hour after work for a couple weeks disconnecting the driveshafts, starter and everything but four bolts holding it in. Pull the overdrive and take it over to my buddies house (art, my friend with a 3B and our technical support guy at work and the guy the other mechanics come to when they're stumped) expecting to just swap in the new bowl gear. Nope, I need to order these bearings this here bearing kit plus a couple other parts. More money goes off to Advance Adapters. I'll give AA a plug, they have the best instructions and sharp color photos for everything.
Okay, finally tow it over to my brothers house.
I wasn't expecting much help but apparently my brother wants this done. He's a forklift mechanic and had his work truck in the driveway.
Getting it out was easy.
Separating the transmission and transfer case was bit more iffy. Almost pulled the transmission apart. Lots of little parts to drop inside so I stop at that point and await Arts arrival and when he does get his lecture on how bad this could be. I know thats why I stopped. He grabs the shaft and quick clunk and it slides back together. Whew.
In the meantime I get the clutch in.
We separate the trans and tc and procede to figure how the adapter is supposed to go. Where's the instructions Art asks. Ummm, Novak just says it supposed to be easy. He studies it a few minutes and goes, must go like this and
Some cutting and grinding and its done. I'll leave off the Novak and the bad bearing story for later.
Take a break to watch the Kentucky Derby and back out to get it in. Much easier with three people. I had hoped to drive the Jeep home but I would have been happy just to have the transmission and transfer case in and do the rest later. My helpers were about helped out by then anyway. So after a lot of garage cleanup I tow it home with four bolts yet again.
I spend another week after work putting her back together.
Including the cover plates with all forty, yes forty bolts for the three cover plates.
Oops, looks like I forgot a finished pic. Anyway, after modifying the clutch shaft and few other things (deliberately left off the driveline brake) its time for a test drive.
Fifi is undergeared and the Tera Low transfer case conversion has been on mind for a long time. Lets me keep reasonable length driveshafts and all my spare parts. Its also time for a new clutch and it makes sense to do that at the same time. At the Carrizo plains rally Dick mentioned he had a converted TC sitting on the garage floor and made me an offer I couldn't refuse. At the Randsburg rally I picked it up and brought it home. I waited until after the Winter Fun Festival and the arrival of more funds to start this project. Ordered up the pricey bowl gear from Advance Adapters and the bearing adapter from Novak and the clutch. Then it sits. Partly because it rained every weekend and partly because I was just lazy.
Finally I decide its time to get it done. My brother has offered up his garage for one day. Try and get it ready to go. Order up the wrong gasket set. Set about getting the Jeep ready, spending an hour after work for a couple weeks disconnecting the driveshafts, starter and everything but four bolts holding it in. Pull the overdrive and take it over to my buddies house (art, my friend with a 3B and our technical support guy at work and the guy the other mechanics come to when they're stumped) expecting to just swap in the new bowl gear. Nope, I need to order these bearings this here bearing kit plus a couple other parts. More money goes off to Advance Adapters. I'll give AA a plug, they have the best instructions and sharp color photos for everything.
Okay, finally tow it over to my brothers house.
I wasn't expecting much help but apparently my brother wants this done. He's a forklift mechanic and had his work truck in the driveway.
Getting it out was easy.
Separating the transmission and transfer case was bit more iffy. Almost pulled the transmission apart. Lots of little parts to drop inside so I stop at that point and await Arts arrival and when he does get his lecture on how bad this could be. I know thats why I stopped. He grabs the shaft and quick clunk and it slides back together. Whew.
In the meantime I get the clutch in.
We separate the trans and tc and procede to figure how the adapter is supposed to go. Where's the instructions Art asks. Ummm, Novak just says it supposed to be easy. He studies it a few minutes and goes, must go like this and
Some cutting and grinding and its done. I'll leave off the Novak and the bad bearing story for later.
Take a break to watch the Kentucky Derby and back out to get it in. Much easier with three people. I had hoped to drive the Jeep home but I would have been happy just to have the transmission and transfer case in and do the rest later. My helpers were about helped out by then anyway. So after a lot of garage cleanup I tow it home with four bolts yet again.
I spend another week after work putting her back together.
Including the cover plates with all forty, yes forty bolts for the three cover plates.
Oops, looks like I forgot a finished pic. Anyway, after modifying the clutch shaft and few other things (deliberately left off the driveline brake) its time for a test drive.