Well Frank, I've got some good new and some bad news. I guess I'll start with
some of the good news first. The transfer case is cleaned up and dismantled
in the basement. Most parts appear to be in good shape although I think we
should throw a new set of bearings at it. Your intermediate shaft and
bearings will work just fine with this gear and your new caged bearings
should work with this shaft as well. Taking your other transfer case apart
though may ruin your new seals and gaskets. If you want I can go ahead and
order a new set of them and then if we don't need them in yours we can put
them in mine.
Now for the bad news. Take a look at this gear:
It is supposed to look like this:
Fortunately, these two gears are the same, even down to the part number. The
good one came out of the Dana 20, so it looks like it was good for something
after all :
Now for the rest of the bad news. This is the shaft that the gear rides on:
See the spalling on the shaft? It should look like this:
Now Frank, Before you get your hopes up, the shafts are not the same:
I don't know it this shaft can be traded out of your other case or not. I
would think the shafts were the same with just the gears being different, but
without yours here to compare it's hard to tell. All of the damage to the
shaft is added metal from the gear. I was out at Alvin Jackson Transmissions
this week and they were turning shaft that had the same kind of damage on a
lath. If you want, I can take this one out to him and have it turned. I
think it would be fine after that.
The rest of the T-case is in very good shape. I'm not sure yet what caused
the damage that you have but I'm looking into it.
I'll try to get back to you tomorrow.
Rick S (TX)
