Gearbox/Transferbox Rebuild Kits

[NylonAdmiral]

Seeing as my gearbox is sounding progressively worse with every outing, and my transfer box isn't sounding much better, I'm thinking I'm going to swap them out.

Rather than replacing them with equally overworked items I'm thinking about completely rebuilding both before installing them.

I've been looking at the rebuild kits that are available from the likes of Trail Tough and Low Range Off Road.

Does anyone know where you can get these kind of kits in the UK or do they all have to be imported from the US?

Also I'm wondering whether or not it's more cost effective to get one of these kits, or whether or not to just buy equivalent bearings etc from bearing suppliers, then just get gaskets/syncros etc from the usual suppliers/Suzuki.

Anyone got any opinions on this?

Thanks

[Rodden87]

Rob at Ora does seals and gasget kits!
http://www.offroad-armory.com/store/ind ... uct_id=248

He also sells the his version of a rocklobster so might be able to do bearings to ask him?

[Rodden87]

Oh and might be worth speaking to rockwatt sure he would sell something like a rebuilt kit?

[NylonAdmiral]

Thanks Rodden, there are a couple of places that sell the gasket kits.

I see a few people have spoken highly of ORA so might well give him a call and see if he's got anything.

Do Rockwatt have a website? I can only find a Facebook page for them?

[Rodden87]

Sell everything you should need to rebuild the transfer case but not the gear box!
http://www.jimnybits.co.uk

[Rodden87]

Rob Butler of ora is really good bloke you will normally get hold of his misses if you call them they normally do more jimny stuff but always worth keeping in mind!
Jimny bits sell all sorts of bits for suzuki's!
As far as I know rockwatt only has Facebook but I might be wrong!

[NylonAdmiral]

Thanks again. Yeah, I've found a few places that sell enough of the parts that I could cobble together a "kit" to do the transfer box.

The hardest part is the syncros etc for the gearbox, I might see how much they are from Suzuki...

BTW have you had your back looked at yet?

[Rodden87]

Yeah been diagnosed with a bulging L3 disc! In a shit load of pain from the first session of manipulation today might be 6-8 weeks before I'm back to working on the jimny so might have to give the plains trip a miss until I'm fit again! It's beginning to get on my nerves now!

[ScottieJ]

Rob at Ora does seals and gasget kits!
http://www.offroad-armory.com/store/ind ... uct_id=248

£48 I would go to jimny bits http://www.jimnybits.co.uk/shop/sj-/-sa ... _1087.html or bigjimny, they are a lot cheaper.

The bearings are just standard sizes, chances are if your Tbox is whining it's a worn counter shaft and needle bearings
http://www.jimnybits.co.uk/shop/sj-/-sa ... _1097.html
http://www.jimnybits.co.uk/shop/sj-/-sa ... _1098.html

all the other bearings are standard sizes available form anywhere, much like most of the bearings in the gearbox

From the bearings thread http://forum.suzukiclubuk.co.uk/vi ... =16&t=2470

SJ Transfer Box

Gasket part numbers –
(Bought from main dealer)
Main Case - U29525A80050 x1
Front Case – U29535_80050 x1

Seal Part number/sizes –
38x50x8_TC R23 NBR x1 http://simplybearings.co.uk/shop/advanc ... 8&x=38&y=8
OS38x60x08 x2 http://www.bearingboys.co.uk/search.cgi ... 08&x=9&y=8

Bearing sizes –
6306 NR circlip grooved x1 http://simplybearings.co.uk/shop/advanc ... rds=6306NR
22x56x16 63-22X_NSL x1 http://simplybearings.co.uk/shop/advanc ... ords=63/22
28x58x16 62-28 2RS x3 http://simplybearings.co.uk/shop/advanc ... ds=62%2F28
bearings sizes recognised by all bearing supliers.

[ScottieJ]

Do Rockwatt have a website? I can only find a Facebook page for them?

Pm him on here http://forum.suzukiclubuk.co.uk/vi ... 942#p11942

Both my doubler and rockloster are Rockwatt creations.