Topic: Tera Low input

[neale_rs]

 I'm considering getting a Tera 4:1 with 21 spline input to match the AX5 but have a long term plan to swap in an SM420, at which point I would like to have the 23 spline input.  Does anyone know if the Tera 4:1 input can be changed like on the regular NP231?

Thanks

[Clem]

All that is being changed is the planetary gear set for the lower reduction. It would seem to me that you could. I have no experience with this though...

[Jeffy]

All that is being changed is the planetary gear set for the lower reduction. It would seem to me that you could. I have no experience with this though...

I'd agree BUT you never know.  Call Tera and see what they say.  I know with something like the Atlas, they want you to ship it back to them.

[nic99007]

i don't know for sure if you can change the input. in my head somewhere it is saying yes.  but, i've been wrong many times before.  i do know that you will love the tera low it's the greatest wheeling with a really low and slow gearing.   

[neale_rs]

Thanks for the comments.  I'll contact Teraflex and then post what they say.

[Bounty Hunter]

A friend of mine is doing the same thing, Tera will insist you ship the 231 to them to swap inputs.  It's worth the money, then they'll continue to cover it with their great warranty.

[Jeffy]

A friend of mine is doing the same thing, Tera will insist you ship the 231 to them to swap inputs.  It's worth the money, then they'll continue to cover it with their great warranty.

Will they even warranty it in Mexico though?  Shipping it back and forth would be $$$.

[neale_rs]

Here is what they said:

"Yes you can swap out the 21 spline input for a 23 spline. It
requires timing the planetary gears before you reinstall the input. If your
not comfortable trying that kind of swap you can send the planetary to us
and we can install the input."

[neale_rs]

Will they even warranty it in Mexico though?  Shipping it back and forth would be $$$.

Being in Mexico does complicate things, the hardest part is getting it back into Mexico without a new receipt.  I could get the warranty by having the unit shipped to and from a US address and handle the import export myself.  Amazingly it is often cheaper to buy from local shops, it seems they get dealer discounts and can often deliver in Mexico for the same price as in the catalog without any additional shipping or importation costs incurred by the buyer.

[wuze]

I'm considering getting a Tera 4:1 with 21 spline input to match the AX5 but have a long term plan to swap in an SM420, at which point I would like to have the 23 spline input.  Does anyone know if the Tera 4:1 input can be changed like on the regular NP231?

Thanks

i do the swap of my ax5 for the sm420 at this time and i change the 231 inputshaft for 23 splines
and i hope this will work but its not so easy


this is what eric from novak has send to me





hope this will work, i have only problems with the 23 splines inputshaft

 

[neale_rs]

Please let us know how it goes with the swap.  Thats pretty much what I would like to do some day.

[oldjeep]

hope this will work, i have only problems with the 23 splines inputshaft

What kind of problem - don't know how to change it, or it's not fitting?

[wuze]

find the right one is the problem

i think out of a 95 or newer xj 4L should fit, i try to find one

 

[Jeffy]

IIRC there are 5 different input shafts.  Novak has a nice writeup on it.  http://www.novak-adapt.com/knowledge/np_nvg_input_gears.htm

Probably should have ordered one from Novak when you got the transmission.  Nice choice by the way!   

[wuze]

Probably should have ordered one from Novak when you got the transmission. 

i have ordert my sm420 with 21 splines output but got 23 splines
and now i want to go with 23

my problem is that i dont live around the corner