Transfer Box Leaking & Noisy.

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andy

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• Feb 14, 2005

• #1

the transfer box on my defender is leaking oil through the handbrake
drum, and when driving there is a noise when using any amount of
acceleration. Only seems to do it in forward gears?

I presume a seal has gone, if not worse?

Any suggestions?

Cheers

Andy

 

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Alex

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• Feb 14, 2005

• #2

On 14 Feb 2005 12:46:57 -0800, "andy" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>the transfer box on my defender is leaking oil through the handbrake
>drum, and when driving there is a noise when using any amount of
>acceleration. Only seems to do it in forward gears?
>
>I presume a seal has gone, if not worse?
>

If it only does it in forward gears, not reverse, I don't see how it
can be the xfer box.

Alex

 

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SimonJ

Guest

• Feb 15, 2005

• #3

>
> If it only does it in forward gears, not reverse, I don't see how it
> can be the xfer box.
>
If the gears have worn, then they are likely to be worn on the most used
side, i.e. forward.

 

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news

Guest

• Feb 15, 2005

• #4

They leak some as mine does. Im getting gear noise at highway speeds and
when its cold but I dont now why. Does your hand brake work?

"Alex" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On 14 Feb 2005 12:46:57 -0800, "andy" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>the transfer box on my defender is leaking oil through the handbrake
>>drum, and when driving there is a noise when using any amount of
>>acceleration. Only seems to do it in forward gears?
>>
>>I presume a seal has gone, if not worse?
>>
>
> If it only does it in forward gears, not reverse, I don't see how it
> can be the xfer box.
>
> Alex

 

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andy

Guest

• Feb 15, 2005

• #5

news wrote:
> They leak some as mine does. Im getting gear noise at highway speeds
and
> when its cold but I dont now why. Does your hand brake work?
>
The hand brake is not working as it should, when I took a look at it,
the shoes are covered in oil, which is what I presume is causing it not
to work.

> If it only does it in forward gears, not reverse, I don't see how it
> can be the xfer box.
>
> Alex

Its definitely oil from my transfer box, is it possible to use a
thicker oil, or something like one shot grease? As per my Dif's and
front wheel joints?

Andy

 

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beamendsltd

Guest

• Feb 15, 2005

• #6

In message <[email protected]>
"andy" <[email protected]> wrote:

> the transfer box on my defender is leaking oil through the handbrake
> drum, and when driving there is a noise when using any amount of
> acceleration. Only seems to do it in forward gears?
>
> I presume a seal has gone, if not worse?
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Cheers
>
> Andy
>
The oil leak is certainly through the seal. It's quite
possible that it has failed due to the handbrake shoes
dragging a bit - which could also be the noise. However,
it would be worth checking the propshaft UJ's (particularly
the rear front joint) as these can make all sorts of
interesting expensive sounding noises.

Richard

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andy

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• Feb 15, 2005

• #7

Cheers Richard, I had "noises" when the UJ went on the front prop,
more banging though, but I will definitely look into that.

I will have to look into replacing the seal/seals, I suppose the
handbrake assembly will have to come off, now that will be fun.

Andy

 

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Jon

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• Feb 27, 2005

• #8

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 11:07:38 +0000 (UTC), beamendsltd
<[email protected]> wrote:

>In message <[email protected]>
> "andy" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> the transfer box on my defender is leaking oil through the handbrake
>> drum, and when driving there is a noise when using any amount of
>> acceleration. Only seems to do it in forward gears?
>>

M'mmm. My 200tdi is also leaking through the handbrake, I had already
diagnised seal but above interest me...

Before I recently (maybe 3 or 4 months ago) put new shoes on the
handbrake I had no oil leak. New shoes did drag a bit to start with,
the drum got *hot* to touch but have now warn down and handbrake
currently works ok, BUT I have an oill leak...

So, is it the heat build up that affects the seal or something else?


As i have the handvbrake to strip down again to replace the seal I
dont want to make the same mistake again when I put it back together!



Thanks
Jon

 

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andy

Guest

• Mar 1, 2005

• #9

Jon

Somebody told me that the hand brake drum is balanced, and if re-fitted
the wrong way round can cause problems. I recently moved the drum round
whist I had "again" got is stripped down, and now the oil leak
seems to have stopped??

Maybe a coincident, but I am happy (at the moment)

 

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Austin Shackles

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• Mar 1, 2005

• #10

On or around 1 Mar 2005 11:15:17 -0800, "andy" <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>Jon
>
>Somebody told me that the hand brake drum is balanced, and if re-fitted
>the wrong way round can cause problems. I recently moved the drum round
>whist I had "again" got is stripped down, and now the oil leak
>seems to have stopped??

I'd expect the drum to be balanced, like anything else that spins, true, but
for it to be balanced after bolting it to the gearbox output shaft beggars
belief.

's like propshafts. The propshaft is balanced, as a unit, off the vehicle.
It shouldn't make any difference which way round it's put on.

The only difference with propshafts is the thing about flange angles, one
related to the other, and where that's critical they should have alignment
marks. Anything that really matters which way round it's fitted has some
form of asymmetric mounting or dowel to align it.

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Marc Draper

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• Mar 2, 2005

• #11

> As i have the handvbrake to strip down again to replace the seal I
> dont want to make the same mistake again when I put it back together!


No you did not do anything wrong. Just bad luck.

The handbrake drum is balanced but as it locates over the propshaft bolts it
can only fit on one way. So you can't get it wrong.

you don't need to take the shoes of to do the seal.

Remove the pin on the linkage and there are four bolts that hold the
handbrake back plate shoes and all. Remove this in one lump.

good luck


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Austin Shackles

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• Mar 2, 2005

• #12

On or around Wed, 2 Mar 2005 18:28:46 -0000, "Marc Draper"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>The handbrake drum is balanced but as it locates over the propshaft bolts it
>can only fit on one way. So you can't get it wrong.

well, it can go on one of 2 ways, ISTR...



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Marc Draper

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• Mar 5, 2005

• #13

In message <[email protected]>, Austin Shackles
<[email protected]> writes
>On or around Wed, 2 Mar 2005 18:28:46 -0000, "Marc Draper"
><[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>


>well, it can go on one of 2 ways, ISTR..


>.
Stick your head under a 200 defender and have a look !

Two ways of getting it over the prop bolts but only one of those will
let you put the screw in ! So you can 't get it wrong.

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Marc