Let's play a game......

[kevinmrowland]

The best you can afford from HF will be fine, I would be a little hesitant though since it is half the price of one that will do every thing you might want to do in the future.
You can always buz down to scottsville and borrow mine for the time being (as long as you get it back quicker than the jig-saw ). I pretty much have the garage set up now (made a tailgate lid this weekend!), the only thing I don't have yet is a compressor big enough to run the impact, so mine is not doing me any good at the moment.
You mention an H55 and a split case, will that be here quick enough to warrant not having to rebuild your current case?

 

[chitown40]

#2 is fine and it'll work for years with no problems if you oil it on occasion. HF has some kits with an impact, an air ratchet, air hammer, and die grinder for pretty cheap as well, and they will last just as long as the other brands if you care for them properly.

 

[GLTHFJ60]

Simple -- if you don't have an in-line oiler on your compressed air, just two drops in the air inlet - at the bottom of the pistol grip, each time you use it. The gun should come with a small bottle of oil, if not, just buy the air tool oil from HF. There will also be instructions with the gun how to maintain it.

Good to know! I'll make sure to do that when I end up buying an impact wrench.

The best you can afford from HF will be fine, I would be a little hesitant though since it is half the price of one that will do every thing you might want to do in the future.
You can always buz down to scottsville and borrow mine for the time being (as long as you get it back quicker than the jig-saw ). I pretty much have the garage set up now (made a tailgate lid this weekend!), the only thing I don't have yet is a compressor big enough to run the impact, so mine is not doing me any good at the moment.
You mention an H55 and a split case, will that be here quick enough to warrant not having to rebuild your current case?

The H55 and case aren't arriving until February, so that really isn't an option.

As for that jig saw, I did get that back to you, right? Just kidding!!!! I might have to borrow the Craftsman impact wrench from you because I really am that broke right now, but I promise I'll get that back to you much sooner. On top of that, I hate buying tools that I know will break, which is why I always buy craftsman sockets and such. Do you still work primarily out of your shop / business or have you switched all of your tools over to the garage at your house?

How big of a compressor are you planning on running?

#2 is fine and it'll work for years with no problems if you oil it on occasion. HF has some kits with an impact, an air ratchet, air hammer, and die grinder for pretty cheap as well, and they will last just as long as the other brands if you care for them properly.

I've seen those kits, but a combination of me not having enough capital at the time and knowing that they will break is keeping me from buying them. I'd really rather wait till I can buy a good craftsman set or an IR set, but like I've said before, I'm as broke as one can be.

 

[kevinmrowland]

Everything is over at the garage now! Not quite as spacious, but it is all mine and no body else's mess is in my way.

I am still not sure what I am doing about air. I have a 120g. tank with no pump that I am thinking about rigging a pump up to. My family also as an old emglo job-site compressor without much capacity, but it is very reliable. I might run the plasma cutter off of nitrogen and just us the compressed air for grinders and the occasional impact.....
Whatever does the job and is cheapest.

EDIT-Are you up at RIT at all? I could bring the impact up, since you are sorta without wheels.

 

[GLTHFJ60]

Everything is over at the garage now! Not quite as spacious, but it is all mine and no body else's mess is in my way.

I am still not sure what I am doing about air. I have a 120g. tank with no pump that I am thinking about rigging a pump up to. My family also as an old emglo job-site compressor without much capacity, but it is very reliable. I might run the plasma cutter off of nitrogen and just us the compressed air for grinders and the occasional impact.....
Whatever does the job and is cheapest.

EDIT-Are you up at RIT at all? I could bring the impact up, since you are sorta without wheels.

When I was looking around for a replacement pump for my compressor to see if I could get some more pressure, I realized that you can pick up a decent pump for not too much dough! The real problem that I saw is that you can't get enough HP out of an electric motor running off of 110V, which is my limiting factor.

I live on campus right by building 70 in one of the mansions. Are you teaching / taking any courses this quarter? It would be perfect if I could meet you sometime you're on campus!!!

 

[woytovich]

Could always hook up a junkyard York to your shop tank and 110v motor...!

 

[kevinmrowland]

I'm up there almost every day of the week, 2-5 today.

 

[GLTHFJ60]

Could always hook up a junkyard York to your shop tank and 110v motor...!

Funny you mention that, I have one sitting in the back of my truck waiting for me to relocate my damn alternator. I've finally found the 3FE alt mount and tensioner bracket, so I'm going to figure out how to wire the alt down that way pretty soon I hope.

I'm up there almost every day of the week, 2-5 today.

If you could bring it up here today that would be PERFECT!! The weather is going to be good this week.

Call / text me if you can bring it up here!

 

[GLTHFJ60]

First of all, I would like to thank Kevin for lending me his impact wrench! Holy s*** did it make taking off all those studs easy. I had the back half of the case off and on the ground within 45 minutes, when before just taking the drive shafts and PTO cover off took that long. WOW!!! Thanks Kevin!!! I'm taking good care of it!

Let me backtrack.....

So went to go plug in Kevin's impact wrench to test it out on my compressor, and the 1/4" NPT fitting wouldn't lock into the quick connect fitting I have installed on my compressor. WTF?!? Pulled out an air chuck I have and popped it in no problem. I'm confused. Looked at the male fitting on Kevin's wrench, and it has a little bit different shape than mine does. The portion past the lock ring is about 3mm longer. I have no idea why that is, but it won't fit in my fittings. Anyway, I gently took it off and screwed the gun right into my compressor hose, which fortunately has the same thread pattern. That problem was solved.

I go to plug in my compressor with what I thought was a long enough cord, 50 ft, but it was about 100' or so too short. Fxxx my life, over and over again. Borrowed my roommate's car and went out to Sears. I thought to bring my air chuck as well as Kevin's male NPT fitting to compare those to what was on the shelves at Sears. Sure enough, all the male fittings were the exact same as mine, not like Kevin's. I'm going to post up pics of this and everything else as soon as I get back from class at 6.

Got back and finally got to get under my rig. Sure enough, Kevin's guess was right. The nut size on the companion flanges is 32mm exactly, and the nut on the input shaft is 36mm exactly. Zipped those of regardless of the staking in record time. As per Kevin's suggestion, instead of buying the SST to keep the companion flange from rotating while I torqued the nuts off, I used an aluminum bar from the stock Toyota toolkit, and it worked perfectly. Not the hub cap spoon, but the 10" long 1/2" diameter bar.

Regardless, I finally got to see what was creating all of those damn aluminum shards! Pulled the case off and saw that when the idle shaft shot out, the idle gear set fell down and chewed about 1/2" of the case up and spit it up all over the place!! Not only that, but there are a couple of spacers that got chewed up as well. The bearings all look fine and the only chipped gear is the idle gear set, and the chips are very minimal.

Damage report: minimal!! I feel that if I thoroughly clean the inside of the case and bearings, get a new idle shaft, retention bolt and new gaskets, I could just put it all back together and be rolling really soon!

As I said, I'll post up pics as soon as I can so you guys can see how many metal shavings there really are, and then tell me whether or not a quick cleaning and re-assembly is in order.

 

[woytovich]

I think I have a "spare" idler shaft... the smaller diameter one...if you want it you can have it cheap-ish...

 

[kevinmrowland]

Johnny,johnny,johnny, there are more than 20 different styles of air disconnect fittings, and each of those is available in a variety of diameters.
I use an industry standard 1/4" aro push-in fitting, different from the typical homecenter stuff.
I don't have any transfer parts here, I could pick some up over thanksgiving, but I doubt you want to wait that long.

 

[woytovich]

Duh... now that I really think of it I'm in the process of rebuilding a split TC... I have all of the parts I took out sitting in a box... maybe not new and perfect but in servicable shape pretty close to free for you... let me know exactly what you need and I can box em up and shp them up to you right away...

 

[GLTHFJ60]

Johnny,johnny,johnny, there are more than 20 different styles of air disconnect fittings, and each of those is available in a variety of diameters.
I use an industry standard 1/4" aro push-in fitting, different from the typical homecenter stuff.
I don't have any transfer parts here, I could pick some up over thanksgiving, but I doubt you want to wait that long.

Son of a bitch, now I'm going to have to go out to a store to pick up "industrial" fittings to replace my inferior "homecenter" fittings.

Just kidding! I'm still such a noob at this s***. I thought that air fittings were an industry standard, but I guess I was dead wrong. At least the threads are uniform!

I gotta tell you, that impact wrench was like working magic on those bolts, and my compressor handled it with ease! After looking at it again, it's a 3.5HP direct drive unit that puts out 6.1 SCFM at 90psi, and 8.4 SCFM at 40psi. I was even able to run the wrench for about 5-10 minutes with the compressor off after coming up to pressure! Sweet.

As for getting it done before thanksgiving, I've pretty much accepted that it won't happen as fast as I want it to, but oh well, s*** happens. There's always Greyhound....

Duh... now that I really think of it I'm in the process of rebuilding a split TC... I have all of the parts I took out sitting in a box... maybe not new and perfect but in servicable shape pretty close to free for you... let me know exactly what you need and I can box em up and shp them up to you right away...

Let me post up pictures to show you what's screwed up and what's only kinda screwed up so you can help me decide what I need to buy, what I don't need, etc. After that, I'll see whom I'll get the parts from based on how quickly I can get them. At the very least, I'd like to get it back together right after I get back from Thanksgiving break so I can get the rockers cut off before the snow flies.

Kevin and Mark, thanks for all your help guys. People like you are the reason why this forum is so amazing. I only hope that one day I can pay it forward.

 

[GLTHFJ60]

First three pics

1. Back half of the case with the idler and output gearsets - note all the metal flakes
2. The reason why there are so many metal flakes - Problem??
3. Holy metal flakes batman!!

 

[GLTHFJ60]

Last 3 pics

1. Chewed up parts - what are they?
2. Only gear damage - a couple of teeth on the idler gear set have some very minor chips in the outside. Do I need to replace this even though I'm only going to run this case until February?
3. What's left on the truck - sooo many metal flakes.

 

[freds40]

The chewed up parts look like the thrust washers that sit on either end of the idler. Between the gear and the case on either end.

 

[GLTHFJ60]

The chewed up parts look like the thrust washers that sit on either end of the idler. Between the gear and the case on either end.

That's what I thought they were! Didn't know where they went though, so thanks! Is that the type of thing that would come in a rebuild kit?

 

[woytovich]

Yes they come in the $200 rebuild kit... the good news is that if you rebuild this TC you can use it on your H55 when it comes... then sell the one that comes in (tip: the Aussie TC will likely have a slightlly higher - less desirable for crawling - low range gear ratio)

 

[GLTHFJ60]

Yes they come in the $200 rebuild kit... the good news is that if you rebuild this TC you can use it on your H55 when it comes... then sell the one that comes in (tip: the Aussie TC will likely have a slightlly higher - less desirable for crawling - low range gear ratio)

I honestly didn't think that it would have a slightly higher low range ratio. Why do you think that is?

God damn I'm broke.

 

[woytovich]

I honestly didn't think that it would have a slightly higher low range ratio. Why do you think that is?

They were mated to the 5 speed that had a lower 1st gear ratio so they probably thought they were a more compatible combination...