With my series 3 in many bits, I decided to split the transfer case and main gearbox to attend to a leak. The main shaft in the the Bell housing has some lateral play. I’m guessing The bearing is shot? Is there likely to be other problems from this wear? Really don’t want to split the box down as money is tight (as with all landy rebuild, spending way more than I’d ever envisaged) plus I’ll never start putting things back together at this rate. It’s been 4 years on and off so far
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jamesmartin
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thats the input shaft and it does have some play ,does it feel smooth when rotated
I would say yes to your question, there’s a very small amount of take up then the shaft turns smoothly. It was a runner when I bought the car off my father in law and he said it pulled fine then (was a mine of information mechanically, sadly no longer with us). As I have a new chassis with the removable cross member I’m tempted to put it back in, get the car finished and then see what happens.
tottot
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If it is only a few mm side to side that is fine, the other end is supported by the spigot bush in the flywheel when mated.
Colthebrummie
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I think you should ask yourself, would I get more pleasure from driving a landy that's not perfect more than owning one that I will spend the rest of my life trying to get it perfect before using it. One of my neighbours keeps asking me why I don't restore mine and I tell him cos I've only got about 20 years left to live if I'm lucky and I don't want to spend it working on the bloody thing.
Col
