Ulysses

Lobster box rebuild then.

After cleaning it all down I put some nice red paint on the parts over the course of the week

 

 

And the box of 6.4 Sumo gears arrived from James Priestly very quickly

 

 

Following Martin's guide on building the box up was really helpful. It all went together pretty easily

 

 

Shaving a bit off the casing to allow for the bigger gearset:

 

 

And also the top casing/cover:

 

test with just the countershaft gear in and it works with no catching anywhere

 

Gearsets in and ready to go back together. Some checking of the shims and they seemed correct (following the guide method of assembing without gaskets to test it)

 

 

 

Welded up the speedo drive as its not needed and will be better without the gear in there anyway

 

And rest of the ancillary bits back on

 

Back in the cage

 

and back in the car

 

Topped up with nice new oil and out for a short test run. By far the quietest lobster box I've ever heard  

A couple of videos too:

The box on the bench:


Wheel speed with high and low range (on axle stands):



Test run out to visit mam tomorrow and hopefully thats the end of expense for now!
 

A good rebuild Riccy

Riccy what kind of money for the Sumo Gear set and where?

Great work! Looks very well refurbished with a lick of paint!

Thanks for the replies! 

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Riccy what kind of money for the Sumo Gear set and where?

I got it through James Priestly, who has some kind of deal on with jimnybits where he can supply most of their stock, for a lower price than their website. Here's a link to the set I have on Jimnybits site:   www.jimnybits.com/sj-samurai-suz-6-4-sp-...r-case-gear-set.html

I should say that its for an SJ transfer (sometimes known as rocklobster box) as that's what I have in Ulysses, but there are kits available for the Jimny box too. I chose the Sumo over Trailgear as it had better reviews and is apparently much quieter.

 

Riccy thanks for the comeback. Right off the bat think Ill be looking at using the spare MK3 transfer box out of my doner Jimny getting hard to find SJ's over here now. Listen thanks for the info. J