TeriAnn Wakeman wrote:
>Of course I do have one problem with the story that someone told about the
>output gear falling off onto the bottom of the transfer case.
>
That was me. Did I not mention Dana 18 in the original
post? That explains why you were asking about a special
nut. The 1970 CJ-5 uses a standard nut with nylon locking
insert. At least that is what's on it now - I will have
to check a manual or inspect the output shaft to see if
a separate lock washer can be used. It's possible the
shaft is keyed and a previous owner installed the nylon
lock nut. If so I will change. Anyway - regardless
of CJ-5 or Series - a loose tranny output gear can result
in weird tranny problems including jumping out of gear.
T14 tranny and Dana 18 tcase - yes the output gear can
fall off. It still amazes me to this day that the output
gear could fall clean off and into the bottom of the tcase
without any damage whatsoever - twice. What are the odds?
Imagine if the gear had become tangled with the other
revolving tcase gears - damage.
Speaking of the Dana 18 tcase - someone asked about alternative
overdrives? There is an overdrive available here in the USA
from Advanced Adapters called the Saturn. It bolts to the back
of the Dana 18 tcase similar to the Series. It is based on the
old Warn overdrive that was as popular among the Jeep crowd as
the Fairey was to Series owners. This overdrive is rated to
300 ft pounds of torque input and is said to withstand V8
power. Now do the Fairey, Santana, and Toro models use a
layshaft? Because the Saturn I believe is planetary.
Cost is 1000 dollars.
Can it be adapted to the Series - I don't know.
Tim Czajka
1972 Series III 88
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