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Are 205's hard to rebuild?
- Thread starter shady
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should I rebuild it or look for another
Are you in park while trying to shift it?
xenomarine
1/2 ton status
I pulled the rear output and input shafts myself, there are a couple good threads in here that show step by step disassembly. They are quite simple beasts, really
They aren't hard, just bearing and seal replacement, unless you have broken hard parts or worn shift forks...
http://www.fourwheeler.com/projectb...y_suburban_transfer_case_rebuild/viewall.html
One of the difficult portions is inside one of the gears there are loose needle bearings, just like under a u-joint cap but significantly bigger. No big deal, you just hold the new ones in with grease before you put it together.
Also, keep the shims on the intermediate shaft, they will probably be right again, but you have to check the intermediate bearing preload.
http://www.fourwheeler.com/projectb...y_suburban_transfer_case_rebuild/viewall.html
One of the difficult portions is inside one of the gears there are loose needle bearings, just like under a u-joint cap but significantly bigger. No big deal, you just hold the new ones in with grease before you put it together.
Also, keep the shims on the intermediate shaft, they will probably be right again, but you have to check the intermediate bearing preload.
Anything but park will make it grind.
454Sub
5/8 ton status
True that.
Its fairly easy to rebuild, them da*n needle bearings gave me fits until I used the grease treatment on em, then smooth sailing.
Yeah, switch the truck off, put the transmission in neutral and see if it will go into 4Low.
If it will, and will work there, then its your shifting method.
I have one sitting out in my barn I need to attack. I ordered my new truck from the factory with BW1465 with a PTO opening.
When it came in, they had discontinued the PTO. So, I bought a rebuilt 205 and installed it.
Since that was not an option for that truck, they had mounted a high pressure fuel pump on the frame where the support for a 205 used to mount.
I designed up a rubber supported mount that bolted to the frame and mounted to the three holes on the side of the case.
Then, about 150K later, I started noticing a vibration when I was in 4wd. Turned out the front yoke nut had backed off and the yoke had slid out enough to let mud get in the seal and damage the front output bearing.
When I drained the oil, it was black with very fine metal dust.
I needed the truck, so I bought another rebuilt one, and put that one up for rebuilding.
But, the second one, the hole pattern in the case did not match up with my mount. So, the only thing holding that heavy cast iron transfer case, plus the PTO adapter and a big honking hydraulic pump is the adapter of the transmission..............
I often listen for the entire back half of my drivetrain to fall out in the road when I hit a big bump. Worked so far, about another 150K, but I really need to drag that old one out and rebuild and install it so my mount will work again.
If it will, and will work there, then its your shifting method.
I have one sitting out in my barn I need to attack. I ordered my new truck from the factory with BW1465 with a PTO opening.
When it came in, they had discontinued the PTO. So, I bought a rebuilt 205 and installed it.
Since that was not an option for that truck, they had mounted a high pressure fuel pump on the frame where the support for a 205 used to mount.
I designed up a rubber supported mount that bolted to the frame and mounted to the three holes on the side of the case.
Then, about 150K later, I started noticing a vibration when I was in 4wd. Turned out the front yoke nut had backed off and the yoke had slid out enough to let mud get in the seal and damage the front output bearing.
When I drained the oil, it was black with very fine metal dust.
I needed the truck, so I bought another rebuilt one, and put that one up for rebuilding.
But, the second one, the hole pattern in the case did not match up with my mount. So, the only thing holding that heavy cast iron transfer case, plus the PTO adapter and a big honking hydraulic pump is the adapter of the transmission..............
I often listen for the entire back half of my drivetrain to fall out in the road when I hit a big bump. Worked so far, about another 150K, but I really need to drag that old one out and rebuild and install it so my mount will work again.
http://coloradok5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=253000easy and kind of fun to see just how simple thay are .
also stock sifter kind of sucks on them. i swaped to a ord twin stick shifter and HUGE diffrence in how mine shifts. stock setup only had 50k miles on it and sucked.
i do nurtal and pull quick shift just fine for me.
Rick it could possibly be the shift rails are binding up, if those are free sliding in their bores/seals, they can be a bastard to shift. Check the linkage, and the pins to the shift rails also.
