Had my 231 recently explode on me. I happened to have another 231 laying around which I *thought* was identical. Upon removing my old one from my 42rle I noticed that it uses the shorter input shaft while my potential new transfer case has the longer shaft. Three options come to mind: Swap the planetary gears, cut the shaft to a shorter length, or look for another transfer case with a short shaft.
Are the planetary gears identical other than the shafts being different lengths? In other words, am I correct in assuming I can just swap them out if I disassembled both cases?
Is there anything wrong with simply cutting around 3/4" to 1" off of the input shaft? And smoothing off any sharp edges of course. This seems like the easier option.
Are the planetary gears identical other than the shafts being different lengths? In other words, am I correct in assuming I can just swap them out if I disassembled both cases?
Is there anything wrong with simply cutting around 3/4" to 1" off of the input shaft? And smoothing off any sharp edges of course. This seems like the easier option.