Gearbox ZF S6-36 GV 36
March 2017
Changing the Gearbox
I
decided to change my Gearbox to a ZF S6-36 GV 36 as I am trying to go
faster and reduce the engine revolutions. Also on hills, because of the long gap between 4 & 5, I couldn't change down until I was doing 30 Kph. With the ZF, its now possible to change with the splitter and drive hills at 60 kph
Drove to München where I knew someone who had done this operation a few times and had all the materials and parts that were needed.
The first thing we did was remove my old G32 Gearbox and Winch PTO box.
Just after removing from the Bell Housing
Here we can see the Winch PTO on the rear of the G32 Gearbox after dragging it out from under the Truck
Bell Housing free of the Gearbox
The ZF S6-36 GV 36 before it was cleaned. Had a day of scrapping and wire brusing to remove all the old grease
Once we had it cleaned it was painted
The gearbox came
from a forward control Truck so a new system for changing gear had to be
built in that let us mount the gear stick directly up through the
floor. Here we are putting it all together
All ready for mounting in the Truck
The New Clutch Plate has been mounted, soon to be followed with new Thrush Bearing
Adapter Plate being bolted to the Bell Housing
Gearbox under the Truck waiting to be jacked up, then aliened and pushed into position
Applying the Sealant to the Gearbox joining face before marring it to the Adapter Plate
Gearbox now bolted in and starting to connect up the air system for the gear splitter
Due to the ZF gearbox taking up different space under the Truck I had to remove the hand operation for the Transfer gearbox. Now to move from 4x2 to 4x4 I use an air switch that activates this air piston that can me seen being mounted
The Re-paint
August 2019
Right
from the beginning I hadn't liked the colour of the Gearbox so in the
late sommer I bought a can of 2K paint with the colour DB 6453 Motorgrün, and re-painted it.
I masked all around to catch the over spray
It looks so much better now, more in line with the age and other parts of the Truck.