Make sure the bearings on either end are seated properly before bolting the case halves together, and tighten the end bolts before the middle (shorter) ones! I thought I had done this correctly yesterday, and was tightening all eight bolts down, each one a little at a time, but I don't think I had the rear bearing in the groove all the way, and as I cranked down one of the middle bolts, heard a distinctive "crack", followed by many words that cannot be repeated here. Upon undoing the bolts, a 3" piece of the aluminum case fell off into my hand.
Those cases are soft aluminum, and it doesn't take much to crack them. I thought I was being careful, but apparently not careful enough!
Reassembling Transmission
Moderator: stevec
Reassembling Transmission
The only difference between an ordeal and an adventure is your attitude
I don't feel quite as bad about it now. I have about six LJ10/20 trannies, and started looking them all over. One case (I think it's one I got from you, actually!) had the rear case all goobered up from a bad output shaft bearing. I figure I should be able to get at least four good ones out of the six, five if I'm lucky.
The first one is back together, except the output shaft seal, which must be pressed on. Haven't worked on it in awhile, as I've been making sure the pickup is roadworthy.
The first one is back together, except the output shaft seal, which must be pressed on. Haven't worked on it in awhile, as I've been making sure the pickup is roadworthy.
The only difference between an ordeal and an adventure is your attitude
Yeah I remember that one, took it on trade for a good tranny.
I have seen some weird things people have done to get their LJ's going again. I have a front axle assembly that someone welded a spindle onto it that has a freewheeling bearing with plate and studs where they can just bolt on the wheel, no brake hub etc just a free wheeling axle, and of course it (the wheel) would have stuck out past the fender-well a ways.
But I guess it did get them back on the road again.
I have seen some weird things people have done to get their LJ's going again. I have a front axle assembly that someone welded a spindle onto it that has a freewheeling bearing with plate and studs where they can just bolt on the wheel, no brake hub etc just a free wheeling axle, and of course it (the wheel) would have stuck out past the fender-well a ways.
But I guess it did get them back on the road again.
I'd rather be driving my LJ!