strengthenig gearbox

[bozothenutter]

it being really quiet at work, and bored out of my skull.......my mind starts racing.

What if, the clever CAD chappies on here designed some weld on exterior ribbing for a JC5?
Most of the pics i have seen, they break is the same area
No idea if this would be doable, cost effective or would just make something else break.....

excuse the mad paint skillz...

 

[bloke]

casing is s**t regardless of what you do with it, it's painfully thin in places. plus a lot of loading is at the ends as well.

 

[Addicted]

Looks like a lot of bolts around that area at least to work with!

 

[bozothenutter]

casing is s**t regardless of what you do with it, it's painfully thin in places. plus a lot of loading is at the ends as well.

That is where the bearings are right?

 

[bloke]

yup. i wouldn't even fit one of the renfort plates as it's that thin there anyway.

 

[NorthloopCup]

Having tried to weld a jc5 casing, I’m going to say, good luck with those strengthening ribs.
The plates for the bearing were designed to stop the box cracking from the load/unload of a wheel breaking traction. Combine that with the helical gears that are constantly trying to force themselves apart and you have a recipe for failure.

 

[Archtronics]

Talking serious £££ to model and spec that kind of stuff in cad, not worth it from a cost perspective.

 

[flebay]

 

[bozothenutter]

thanks for the info!

So the trick would be to use 85% pure chocolate??

 

[bloke]

You could wrap it with the stuff the wrap chocolate coins in but it's just not worth trying anything really ?

 

[Kev@KAM]

The trick would be to just find a better replacement gearbox rather than faff with the current casing. You could I guess get a billet end casing made but I'd estimate around £2k as complex adaptor plates are costing me about £1300 each!

 

[flebay]

thanks for the info!

So the trick would be to use 85% pure chocolate??

Renault used Dairy milk, Bournville Dark would be stronger.

 

[Jamie86]

That's ok Kev until you are only allowed to run the original gearbox

 

[YorkshireKyle]

Just get an 02M/02Q

Renault insisted on making gearboxes from spit and sellotape

 

[massivewangers]

I think welding to the casing would be a problem. Ally doesn't take well to welding and welding to cast can be a PITA. Where do they usually fail? Any pics of that?