transfer case actuator issues. need advice please!

[Professor]

can you explain more about just flipping the gear? are you saying this can be done without taking that plate off? I need to watch the video when I can.... I saw the pics where the gear is only half chewed but want to make sure I have all the instructions to make it simple and clear...

[Professor]

ok i just watched the video. It seems fairly simple however my question is doesn't that white gear get worn too? I see they are putting in a new black gear but what about the white one

[TwinsPoppa]

Originally Posted by Professor

ok i just watched the video. It seems fairly simple however my question is doesn't that white gear get worn too? I see they are putting in a new black gear but what about the white one

I don't know but I'm thinking if it was a common failure point - they would address that too.

Also, in that vid they say that the gear that is being replaced will eventually rotate to the worn side. So, they say don't bother flipping it.

I disagree because the reason only one side of the gear is worn is because it DOESN'T rotate evenly. That's why you're replacing it in the first place.

[SlickGT1]

I completely agree. Only about 30% of the gear is screwed up. If it always spun a little bit, then it would wear even, but it does not.

Yes, you can flip the gear without taking the metal plate off. Mark the white gear with a line down the middle. Extend this line to one side of the metal plate. One you flip the gear, make the line up so that you are flipped 180 degrees. Put motor back in, and it will move the gear a bit. Take out motor, and adjust for the movement of inserting the motor. Easy as pie.

The gear that fails is the black one that they are replacing, not the gear that connects to the X case.

[Professor]

i'm sure this would make sense if i have seen it before but i can not picture where to make the line and where/when to make it line back up....this part has me confused "One you flip the gear, make the line up so that you are flipped 180 degrees". Once i flip the black gear?? am i actually flipping it over or rotating it 180 degrees? will the line i make on the white gear line up with the line i extended onto the metal plate?

Just trying to picture it all before i take it out. thanks for all the help. i will take pics as i do this

[Professor]

after looking at that video and pdf i have another question... How are you getting that gear out without popping that plate off??? and if i'm able to get that plate off easy, do I have to glue it back in somehow since it looks like it was pressed in?

[rayxi]

Flipping just means rotating the gear 180 degrees with the motor off and then insert the motor to fix the gear in position.

[Professor]

ok buts what is drawing the line for ? also how do you get the gear out with the plate on?

[TwinsPoppa]

Originally Posted by Professor

ok buts what is drawing the line for ? also how do you get the gear out with the plate on?

I think the line is so that you can make sure you have rotated the gear EXACTLY 180 degrees.

[Professor]

Is there any harm in the gear not being turned exactly 180 degrees ?