ECU LAND ROVER DISCOVERY 2002 Workshop Manual

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OVERHAUL 41-39
OVERHAUL
Intermediate gear assembly
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Disassembly
1.Remove and discard 10 bolts securing bottom
cover, remove cover.
2.Remove and discard 7 bolts securing
differential lock selector side cover.
3.Remove side cover. 4.Release staking from intermediate shaft nut,
remove and discard nut.
5.Remove bolt securing intermediate shaft
retaining plate, remove plate.
6.Remove intermediate shaft and discard 2 'O'
rings.

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7.Remove intermediate gear assembly and
collect bearings and selective spacer.
8.Secure gear assembly in a soft jawed vice and
using a suitable drift, remove and discard
bearing tracks.
9.Up to 03 MY: Remove and discard circlips.
Reassembly
1.Clean gears, bearings, circlips and shaft.
Note: Intermediate gear cluster and bearing
assemblies fitted to 03 MY transfer boxes may
be fitted as replacements to pre 03 MY transfer
boxes.2.Up to 03 MY: Fit new circlips and using tools
LRT-99-003 and LRT-41-006 fit bearing tracks
to intermediate gear, ensuring that the bearing
tracks are fully seated against the circlips.
3.03 MY onwards: Using tools LRT-99-003 and
LRT-41-006, fit bearing tracks to intermediate
gears ensuring that tracks are fully seated
against shoulders in gears.

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18.Select neutral.
19.Screw a suitable bolt into tapped hole of tool
LRT-41-005.
20.Insert tool LRT-41-005 in end of mainshaft.
21.Using a suitable torque meter on tool LRT-41-
005, check torque to turn of gear train. Torque
to turn = 2.2 Nm (19 lbf.ft). If torque to turn
figure is incorrect, repeat intermediate gear
bearing pre-load setting and re-check.
22.On completion, remove tool LRT-41-005 and
stake flange of nut into recess on intermediate
shaft.
23.Clean transfer box bottom and side covers.
24.Apply sealant, Part No. STC 3254 to both
covers.
25.Clean bottom and side cover bolt threads.
26.Apply Loctite 290 to bolt threads.
27.Position side cover and tighten bolts to 25 Nm
(18 lbf.ft).
28.Position bottom cover and tighten bolts to 25
Nm (18 lbf.ft).
Differential assembly
$% 41.20.13
Remove
1.Remove intermediate gear cluster.

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2.Remove 6 bolts securing high/low cross shaft
housing to front output shaft housing and
remove housing.
3.Note position of longest bolt and remove 8 bolts
securing front output shaft housing to main
casing and remove housing.
Note: Carry out the following operations if
differential lock is fitted.

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4.Remove 3 bolts securing differential lock
selector housing and remove housing.
5.Remove and discard 'O' ring from selector
housing.
6.Remove Allen plug and remove detent spring
and ball.
7.Remove differential lock warning lamp switch
and locknut.
Note: Locknut is only fitted to switches up to 03
MY, a modified switch and sealing washer is
fitted from 03 MY onwards.
8.03 MY onwards: Remove differential lock
warning lamp switch from end of front output
shaft housing, discard sealing washer.
9.Compress differential lock selector fork spring
and remove retaining clips from each end of
spring.
10.Withdraw differential lock selector shaft from
front output housing, recover spring and
remove selector fork.
Note: Carry out the following operations for all
transfer boxes.11.Position tool LRT-51-003 to output shaft drive
flange, remove and discard nut, steel and felt
washers; remove output shaft drive flange.
12.Using a copper mallet, drive output shaft from
housing, recover bearing spacer.
13. If fitted: Noting its fitted position, remove dog
clutch from output shaft.

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14.Remove and discard oil seal from housing.
15.Remove and discard circlip retaining output
shaft bearing.
16.Support housing and drift out output shaft
bearing. 17.Remove and discard differential bearing track
and collect selective shim.
18.Remove Allen plug securing high/low selector
shaft detent spring and ball, remove spring and
ball.
19.Withdraw differential assembly together with
high/low selector shaft and fork.
20.Remove selector fork and shaft from
differential.
Note: Selector fork fitted to 03 MY onwards
illustrated.

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21.Note position of shoulder bolt, remove 6 bolts
and remove rear output shaft housing.
22.Remove rear bearing track from main casing.
23.Secure differential in a soft jawed vice.
24.Release staking from bearing retaining nut.
25.Using tool LRT-41-007 remove and discard
bearing retaining nut. 26.Position tool LRT-99-002 to vice.
27.Position tool LRT-41-001 around rear
differential bearing, position differential to tool
LRT-99-002 and press off bearing.
28.Remove high range gear and bush.

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29.Make suitable alignment marks between high/
low selector sleeve and hub, remove selector
sleeve.
30.Using a suitable press and thrust button LRT-
41-001 remove high/low hub and low range
gear.
31.Position tool LRT-41-002 around front
differential bearing and tool LRT-41-001 t h r u s t
button to differential shaft and press off
bearing. Disassembly
1.Secure rear half of differential carrier in a soft
jawed vice.
2.Make suitable alignment marks between front
and rear halves of differential carrier.
3.Remove 8 bolts securing front half of carrier to
rear and separate both halves of carrier.
4.Suitably identify front sun gear to front half of
carrier, then remove sun gear.
5.Remove and discard thrust washer.
6.Suitably identify each planet gear to its shaft
and fitted position of each cross shaft to rear
half of carrier
7.Remove retaining ring.
8.Remove planet gears and cross shafts, remove
and discard dished thrust washers.
9.Suitably identify rear sun gear to rear half of
carrier, then remove sun gear.
10.Remove and discard thrust washer.

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2.Secure rear half of differential carrier in a soft
jawed vice.
3.Fit each planet gear to its respective cross
shaft, fit new dished thrust washer to each
gear.
4.Fit cross shafts, planet gears and dished thrust
washers in rear half of carrier.Ensure that
cross shafts are fitted correctly. Do not fit
the sun gear into the rear half carrier at this
stage.
5.Fit retaining ring.
6.Fit a 1.05 mm (0.04 in) thrust washer to sun
gear from front half of carrier. Position gear in
front half of carrier.
7.Ensuring that assembly marks are aligned, fit
both halves of carrier together.
8.Fit the differential carrier bolts and, working in a
diagonal sequence, tighten the bolts to 60 Nm,
(44 lbf.ft).9.Insert the front output shaft into the front half of
the carrier and check that the gears rotate
freely.
10.Fit output flange on to the splines of the output
shaft, but do not fit flange nut at this stage.
11.Fit transmission brake drum to output flange
and secure the drum using 2 nuts.
12.Secure a length of cord around the drum and
attach one end of the cord to a spring balance.
13.Pull on the spring balance and note the load at
which the brake drum starts to turn. Used
gears should rotate smoothly, while new
gears will have a 'notchy' feel as they rotate.
14.Compare the figure obtained with the following.
lUsed gears = 0.45 kg (1.0 lb)
lNew gears = 1.72 kg (3.8 lb)
15.If the load to turn figure is below the specified
limits, proceed as follows.
16.Remove the front output shaft and brake drum.
17.Remove the 8 bolts securing the two halves of
the differential carrier
18.Separate the differential carrier and remove the
sun gear and thrust washer from the front half.
19.Select a thicker thrust washer from the range
available. 5 different thrust washers are
available, rising in increments of 0.10 mm
(0.004 in) from 1.05 mm to 1.45 mm (0.04 to
0.06 in).
20.Repeat steps 7 to 19 as necessary until the
load to turn figure is as specified
21.When specified load to turn is obtained,
proceed as follows.
22.Remove the front output shaft and brake drum.
23.Remove the 8 bolts securing the two halves of
the differential carrier
24.Separate the differential carrier and remove the
sun gear and thrust washer from the front
half.Retain the selected thrust washer with
its sun gear.

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25.Remove retaining ring, then remove the planet
gears and cross shafts.
26.Fit a 1.05 mm (0.04 in) thrust washer to sun
gear from rear half of carrier. Position gear in
rear half of carrier.
27.Fit planet gears, cross shafts and dished thrust
washers to rear half of carrier. Ensure that
cross shafts are fitted correctly. Do not fit
the sun gear into the rear half carrier at this
stage.
28.Fit retaining ring.
29.Ensuring that assembly marks are aligned, fit
both halves of carrier together.
30.Fit the differential carrier bolts and, working in a
diagonal sequence, tighten the bolts to 60 Nm,
(44 lbf.ft).31.Invert the assembly in the vice, insert the rear
output shaft into the rear half of the carrier and
check that the gears rotate freely.
32.Fit output flange on to the splines of the output
shaft, but do not fit flange nut at this stage.
33.Fit transmission brake drum to output flange
and secure the drum using 2 nuts.
34.Carry out the load to turn check, using the same
method as for the front half carrier. Record the
shim thickness when the load to turn is correct.
35.Fit the sun gear and selected thickness shim to
the front half carrier.
36.Ensuring that assembly marks are aligned, fit
both halves of carrier together.
37.Fit the differential carrier bolts and, working in a
diagonal sequence, tighten the bolts to 60 Nm,
(44 lbf.ft).
38.With differential assembled, fit rear output shaft
and brake drum, then check overall load to turn.
This should be approximately the same as the
combined load to turn figure of both front and
rear half carriers.
lUsed gears = 0.90 kg (2.0 lb)
lNew gears = 3.44 kg (7.6 lb)

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Dog clutch - differential lock
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Disassembly
1.Remove 6 bolts securing high/low cross shaft
housing to front output shaft housing and
remove housing.
2.Note position of longest bolt and remove 8
bolts securing front output shaft housing to
main casing and remove housing.
3.Remove 3 bolts securing differential lock
selector housing and remove housing. 4.Remove and discard 'O' ring from selector
housing.
5.Remove differential warning lamp switch and
locknut.
Note: Locknut is only fitted to switches up to 03
MY, a modified switch and sealing washer is
fitted from 03 MY onwards..
6.03 MY onwards: Remove differential lock
warning lamp switch from end of front output
shaft housing, discard sealing washer.
7.Remove Allen plug and remove detent spring
and ball.
8.Compress differential lock selector fork spring
and remove retaining clips from each end of
spring.
9.Withdraw differential lock selector shaft from
front output housing, recover spring and
remove selector fork.