 Here's my
rear gearbox. It was in excellent shape and just needed a good
cleaning and paint. |
 The gearbox
is incredibly simple and disassembly is a snap. |
 The front
and rear are identical. Begin by removing the bearing access cover.
This will expose the shaft retaining nut and lock washer. |
 Once the
nut and washer are removed, then the gear access plate can be removed. |
 After
removing the three retaining screws, each of the shafts can come out. |
 Here's a
view inside the case. Mine still has the orange primer. The
gears look great as well. |
 I let the
parts soak overnight in a 50% solution of industrial degreaser, rinse,
then air dry. Reassembly is real easy and everything gets a coat of
paint. |
 The gearbox
attaches with 3 bolts. Originally there was a reinforcement
crossmember that could be added to help strengthen the frame. I
fabricated two large pieces of flat steel to reinforce the two side bolts. |
 Here's my
PTO. The data tag is still in great shape. I also got an
original shifter and knob. |
 Here is
what the PTO looks like engaged. The female gear slides forward to
accept the male end of the output gear inside the transfer case. |
 Nothing too
exciting, just some fresh paint. Here you can see the PTO installed
on the back of the transfer case. |

Original Willys bodies have the access hole for the PTO shifter. |
 Instead of
buying a PTO boot ring, I modified my access cover. |
 Here's my
boot ring in the rough stage. I will get a new boot from Northstar
Willys. |
 My
driveshaft was in excellent shape and just needed some paint. |
 My final
project was the Belt Pulley. Once again, it is extremely straight
forward disassembly. |
 I let the
parts soak overnight in a 50% solution of industrial degreaser, rinse,
then air dry. Reassembly is real easy and everything gets a coat of
paint. |
 This is a
shot showing the input gear. The right side of this bolts to the
output shaft of the gearbox. Here you can also see the shims. |
 After some
paint, here is what is looks like installed! |
 Here's the
final shifter installation. The shift boot is from Army Jeep Parts. |