So talking about stuff to do - less than 2k clicks and that pesky input shaft bearing was noisy again.
So easiest way i could think of doing it without dropping engine / fluids etc was to allow the whole lot to tilt down and then extract the gearbox while leaving the engine perched on a nice bit of 4x2.
Box is still clean - as it was only out recently!
And as suspected - here is the bearing. This one though only lasted <2k clicks - it has a different type of failure than the last - i got this one new from mecaparts and i am sure the inner race wasn't hardened properly. The outer race and rollers are fine - the last failure the surface was very different to this one.
I've two+ spare boxes so will most likely will use a bearing from them.
So easiest way i could think of doing it without dropping engine / fluids etc was to allow the whole lot to tilt down and then extract the gearbox while leaving the engine perched on a nice bit of 4x2.
Box is still clean - as it was only out recently!
And as suspected - here is the bearing. This one though only lasted <2k clicks - it has a different type of failure than the last - i got this one new from mecaparts and i am sure the inner race wasn't hardened properly. The outer race and rollers are fine - the last failure the surface was very different to this one.
I've two+ spare boxes so will most likely will use a bearing from them.