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OK, fair to say this thing was built too lightly in the first place - add more steel! 😁

Nicely done. I had to repair a gearbox that was used at Heathrow Airport which was used to jack up the nose wheel on 747s so the tyres could be changed. That box had lost all it's oil and was not checked until it seized. The TIG welding on the bearing diameter was a good move. 👍

Man I tell ya. Transmissions are far beyond my paygrade. I am just not good enough. So great job man.

As best you could?! I think you built it better than it was factory! Cool unit, the way they made that frame definitely leaves a lot to be desired.

Another great addition to the series Donn and brilliant repair and rebuilding up the bearing Cup as welding on alloy cast is inherently difficult with oil contamination. Keep up the great work

Donn you do good work , your a gifted technician

That is looking really way better than what you started out with. The oil changes and the magnet in the drain plug will be a good addition for sure. 👍💪✌

Great work me son !! My 6x and my buddies 8x pretty much had almost every weld cracked,along with cracking in solid flat areas also,every single stub shafts bearing was toast,every sprocket,every link of every chain,zero brakes remaining,tubs had multiple cracks,both engines smoked,tires were mix n match and mostly half would be flat the following day after airing them up even though they had very little tread left,were dry cracked all over,1 of mine was even splitting along the 2 casings joint.. Marks 8x was in much better shape than my 6x but his cost him 25% more for us to rebuild than mine did and neither of them were cheap to do a full off rebuild like you've done here and yes every single gearbox I've ever seen or worked on was thrashed like yours was... People literally believe these things are military grade tanks when, in fact, they're fairly light duty machines that actually do require a fair amount of maintenance and effort by their owners/operators.. I bought my 6x for $800 USD cash many moons ago and had not quite a new Argos cost in it when I finished,but it wasn't a while lot less,and Marks was the same way... Luckily a lot of these parts are now internet sourcible and readily available and cheaper than they were back then when one had to order out of a catalog,send in full payment,wait several long weeks for parts to be shipped,and then up to a couple of weeks for them to arrive... You're doing wonderfully Donn,keep up the excellent effort, and I'll sit back with a frosty adult beverage n relax while you do all the sweating and hard work 😅

Gearbox rebuild looks good to me should last a long time keep it up

I could watch you repair and build stuff all day💪

Am amazing that this Argo stayed together as long as it did considering all the structural damage that you have repaired in this rebuild. It must have been beat like a red-headed step child from day one.

Excellent work 👍👍👍. Thank you for sharing. Be safe 🇨🇦

Damn! when do you sleep! Thanks for sharing.

Интересный способ востовления посадочного место под подшипник. Я думал что с нало варить потом просачивается будет. А тут раз баз и готово. 👍

Awesome job on the trans Donn great skills welding and mechanical 😮

Rolling along gracefully Donn, looking good so far. Thanks for sharing with us. Stay safe and continue having fun around there. Fred.

Great entertainment as always

The ol' allen wrench cheater bar is guaranteed to give at least an extra Abom™

I'm surprised that a man of your skills didn't just build a new gearbox mount with heavier material to avoid the obvious weakness in it's original design. Keep up the amazing work.

brilliant, great to watch.

Such a good series

What a greAt video. You make it look so easy

MM77 Approved 👍🏼👍🏼

Super wie immer

This gearbox is very interesting, very compact! It is gearbox+differential+break!!!

Well done and thank you for sharing! 😀

It's really very interesting to see how this funny vehicle is designed 🤩👍

You did a great , welding around an old bearing to build up the casing , excellent ! The steel mounting is to light , needs a beef up . Cheers

Great job. Do you feel like the cracked areas could have used some reinforcement?

Epic re-man, man!

Keep up the amazing work

Your work Is the best, a lot of strength and congratulations.

It's looking good, glad to see that you're back!

Awesome,i learn everythink ,thank you so much 👍👍👍👍

Good job Donn

Top job number one

Well done.

As a couple of other people have already commented, that gearbox mounting frame needs to be beefed up to ovoid the same problem happening again in the future. Great work just the same.

Seus trabalhos são ótimos parabéns

I agree with add more steel especially around the gearbox frame where you can fit it without interference Cheers from Aus

You're very talented!

Love it keep it up as always 💘

it will be good great work as always and English is spot on

Nice work and great video. 👍

Hello, when you apply the sealant, as there is no groove, you could have spread it by tapping with your fingers all over the surface for a better seal. Thx you and take care ❤

Great !

Super!

Bad engeneering on the sheet metal "frame", which holds the gearbox.. Thats obviously a stress point, where the crack started.. Can you weld a second layer over? A piece of flat stock or sheet metal...as a "bridge"...

I like it alot!

Hi Donn, Your work is awesome, your attention to detail impeccable. Take care.

You shined that up as best one could. Pity it's so lightly built.

great work, and yea I enjoy watching your welding, very nice..... :)

Nice work as always 👏👏

Красавчик!

Hello u could make another plate for support (reinforce) gearbox and weld it on where was cracked, u have still space for it.

Nice

أحسنت عمل ممتاز وذو مهنية عالية تحياتي

You the man...

I am surprised you didn't reinforce the motor/trans mount where it cracked. 😟 Love your videos, Donn!! ❤

Awesome job Donn and this thing will be better than new.

Looks like those cracks in the gearbox support frame are a design flaw that may reoccur. Maybe adding strengthening plates at those corners could help (or just move any news cracks to another location 😞). Great video, as always. Stay safe out there.

Good work TIGing on that crap aluminum casting. I feel thats one of the hardest welding jobs to do. Casted aluminum is nasty/dirty stuff. Looks like at the very start you weren't hot enough and you got the typical response...filler rod balls up and almost repels the work piece. Next time, unless you're worried about that old bearing, heat it up with a torch before you strike an arc. You'll be amazed at how much easier it is to get the puddle formed and go to work.

great job!!!

Nice job man. Some of these things it looks like you have done them 1000x before : - )

As always 👍👍👍👍

Good work, thats a cool gearbox, not so easy to find a (cheap) replacement one I guess! Your repair will probably work just fine if you keep oil inside the gearbox and not have it go outside😊

Now that you have the transmission mounted to it's frame, figure out were you can add reinforcement to the frame work to strengthen the mount for the transmission, your going to need to add reinforcement to other places as well, like the main frame.

The frame connecting gearbox and engine looked really flimsy. I wonder where it would make sense to add reinforcements?

When did you first realize you are a genius? Was it hard to not look down on your fellow classmates? Thanks for sharing this rebuild, very interesting.

TIG WELDING!!! 😁😁😁MORE!!!!!!!😄😄😄

Amazing repair work I was hoping to see some stiffening and braces added to the interior frame but you are the with eyes all over it, hope it all works out well

If there is a space, it will be good to reinforce the frame where it was cracked.

Made in Canada 🇨🇦 👍👍

BUEN TRABAJO DE REPARAR RAJAS EN CHASIS Y CAJA

I keep waiting for each video to watch I really like your service you should just post faster

👍👍👍!!!

That gearbox will outlast the whole vehicle

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I’m surprised you didn’t CNC plasma cut a brand new mount.

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i don't think anyone notice but when he showed the bearing, spearing, and the little nut that keep the gearbox in place he but tremendous amount of locktight .

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Cool project. It is hard to tell what chemical you used to clean the frame before welding but be careful if you are using brake cleaner, read up on phosgene gas, very little brake cleaner plus welding can mean death.

That cracked bracket desperately needs some reinforcing plates, or it'll eventually crack again.

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The bean counters had a lot to say in the making of this final product…save money on using thinner metals and less welds…

Rich Rebuilds is building an electric one of those, I messaged him to throw away that gearbox and use two electric motors with a joy stick controller. But na. I hated the early gearboxes, they were rough and noisy. The later ones have a gradual turning system, far better.

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Either it's built cheaply and breaks easily or that machine was really abused to end up in that condition. Good job fixing it!

"I rebuilt it as best as I could" would a 'professional' have done it any different? genuinely don't know, to me it looks like a fully professionally rebuilt item that couldn't have been done any better. even the welding

Hay

I wouldn"t have used Coppergrease, bad experience with water if prefer ceramic grease it won"t get sticky over time

half of this work needs to be done immediately after purchase, than the designer thought to leave sharp corners next to the hole on such a loaded part ...

That TransSteel 2200 obviously didn't do the aluminum welding so did you get a new/additional TIG?

Looking good. What size wire and gas mixtures you use on mig welding?

Раму надо было усилить рёбрами, а то опять треснет.

I do not believe a Scandinavian person designed that gearbox!