jimm1009
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Hello fellow OD Green blooded owners. lol
I was messing around with installing by backup light switch and while I had the floorboard covers off
I was going to check things out and lube those areas that are more easily accessible from the top side.
Long story short, I noticed that there is a lot of lateral wobble in my transfer case shift lever mount and pivot, etc.
I pulled the bolts and the clevis pin out and the pin and bolts are what is worn in my case but in examining the
actual lever, it appears that there are steel bushings pressed in place here. That makes sense as the wear point
bushing that could be replaced over the lever and having to change it once worn in the bolt holes.
In looking in the TM there are not bushings shown which only means that the military was not intended to change these
and just replace the lever.
Has anyone here ever changed or drilled the hold oversize and pressed bushings into place? Being a helicopter maintenance
guy I like close tolerance fits and when things wiggle, things come apart in the sky. Obviously this is not the case here on a low
and slow truck but I am thinking that new bushings and close tolerance bolt may just make this area last for many decades
and stop that wobble which will settle my A.D.D. down some. lol
Thoughts?
jimm1009
aka, Jim
I was messing around with installing by backup light switch and while I had the floorboard covers off
I was going to check things out and lube those areas that are more easily accessible from the top side.
Long story short, I noticed that there is a lot of lateral wobble in my transfer case shift lever mount and pivot, etc.
I pulled the bolts and the clevis pin out and the pin and bolts are what is worn in my case but in examining the
actual lever, it appears that there are steel bushings pressed in place here. That makes sense as the wear point
bushing that could be replaced over the lever and having to change it once worn in the bolt holes.
In looking in the TM there are not bushings shown which only means that the military was not intended to change these
and just replace the lever.
Has anyone here ever changed or drilled the hold oversize and pressed bushings into place? Being a helicopter maintenance
guy I like close tolerance fits and when things wiggle, things come apart in the sky. Obviously this is not the case here on a low
and slow truck but I am thinking that new bushings and close tolerance bolt may just make this area last for many decades
and stop that wobble which will settle my A.D.D. down some. lol
Thoughts?
jimm1009
aka, Jim