In search of Jerico Parts
 

Hi,

Jerico has made a decision not to support the racers and stopped selling replacement parts to the racers who have spent thousands of dollars buying their transmissions....

I am looking, for an output shaft, which I used to call a main shaft, for a friend....

The transmission is a Jerico, wide gear, clutch assisted transmission...

You can post a reply here, PM me or give me a phone call at 650 922 0407......

I'll put you guys in touch...

My own belief is that this is not a racer friendly company....

Thanks and any help would be appreciated,
Bob

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i'll be watching this post, just picked up a jerico...

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jerico quit making top and bottom loader transmission

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This is one of those situations where I would call them.

Looks as though their original transmission design was replaced by a more durable one. Probably still have replacement parts for the older one though.

Never hurts to ask.

:confused:

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Jerico was sold awhile back and the new owners apparently have no interest in supplying parts for anything other than their latest version transmissions. Total BS way to run a business IMO and I have 2 DR-4's. Last I heard they had very little in the way of parts left for these.

I'd like to think they'd change their minds and support the all the racers who bought the product but I'm not holding my breath. Certainly won't be buying anything new from them.

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I have been thinking of ordering a new transmission from Jerico but if they won't support their old transmissions what will happen if they update/change the current one. G-Force is looking better all time.

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Hi,

I guess that you didn't read my post..

Just go back and read the first sentence...

Bob

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I called jerico firday and ordered a gear for a very old drag trans .Very good service gear will be here this week.

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Gear arrived yesterday it was made in 1997 one of 3 left.

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Bob Mulry, did you ever find a mainshaft? I am also in the market for a mainshaft for a clutch assist, wide gear Jerico DR4, if you were able to find more than one.

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If they don't "support" the "racers", who do they sell the transmissions too?
I guess it's like Dodge, after 10 years, good luck getting factory parts.

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I phoned Jerico a few days ago, looking for a DR4 mainshaft. They don`t have any, and will not be making anymore. When I asked Scott at Jerico if they did not still have the CNC program for the DR4 parts, his reply was that they have decided not to support the DR4 transmission, and said it was "obsolete". I own 2 DR4s, and have been running a DR4 for 18 years, and have generally be very happy with them. In that time, I have had a transmission parts failure 3 times, which for a race car, I find not too bad at all. What I do find "too bad" is that Jerico apparently turned their backs on the thousands of racers who have supported Jerico by purchasing their transmissions and parts. Until this company decision to leave their loyal customers hanging, I had been very satisfied with my Jerico transmissions. I had been considering buying a new (and much more expensive ) DR4-4 transmission, but if they won`t support me, I`ll be damned if I will give them any more of my money! I asked Scott if I did buy a DR4-4, how do I know that I would be able to buy repair pieces down the road. His reply that would not be a problem , but how can I have any confidence that will be the situation? Personally, I think this move by Jerico will come back to haunt them. Since just about everything in a Jerico was made in house, I do not understand why they chose to not continue producing replacement parts for the DR4.

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ok, how do I ID a jerico?
it has 2816S stamped in the side of it?
if I can't get parts for it (snap rings, etc), it'll be for sale AS A SPARE PARTS trans...

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bob mulry check your PM

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Call Jerico with the serial # and they should have all the info on that trans. That's assuming they haven't decided to stop supplying that info as well. Scott is/was the good guy there and I suspect he's as frustrated with this new direction as anyone.

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I am sure they think that they will drive New DR4-4 sales. They forgot that the GForce transmissions are out there as direct competitors. There are more choices than Jerico.

I love the Jerico stuff I have, but they are missing out. I am sure they have stats of their most popular transmissions that were made and could stock a percentage of parts. Even if they raised the price a bit, I am sure people could understand that. I also understand that some of the ancient narrow gear stuff isn’t worth making because there isn’t much out there anymore in those models. However, the dr4s are all over and besides some minor differences, a lot of the wide gear stuff interchanges or at least could be upgraded to work with a few extra parts.

I think they are missing out on an opportunity and possibly hurting their loyal customer base.

If I had to buy new, I would have to consider an alternative to Jerico if they are going to be so short sided about long term support.

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I have a friend who has 2 good DR-4's. I told him it might be a good time to sell them and get a G Force.

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got this from jerico….i'm thinking it'll get sold (parts tranny)

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For some reason this gets pretty blurry when I try to open it. Can’t read it

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yeah, for some reason I couldn't resize it decent.
if you want, I can send it to your email

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Please do. jimschaechter@earthlink.net.

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James, have you heard of a possibility of Liberty offering a trans. for Stock application?

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I received a long response from Jerico I shared with Rory McNeil this weekend at a local stick race. Long story short Jerico said they will not produce parts costing hundreds of thousands of dollars and then be stuck with them or not make any money id they do sell.

Talking with Rory this weekend we know of far more people running DR4's that will need parts at some point than DR4-4's. I can't think that running a batch of mainshafts for stock would be a huge investment for Jerico to keep their customers existing transmissions going.

I purchased a new DR4-4 last year. I looked at GForce but in my car it would have required some serious work to get the shifter back far enough. The Jerico is on the very last holes on the extension housing but is perfect. I did send my Long shifter to have stops added and converted to a pistol grip.

Maybe if enough people contact Jerico they will rethink the decision to drop support of the DR4?

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so, what goes bad with the mainshaft?
maybe I should rephrase that....what HAS been happening to the main shafts?
if I do sell this trans (most likely), I don't want to stick somebody with junk parts

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If, by main shaft, you mean input shaft, in the past I have broken
the nose of two input shafts.
After re-re-re alignment of the bell , no further problems.
I will also go to a bit longer pilot bushing.
Terry K

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everybody was talking main shaft, I assumed it wasn't the input shaft....

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Too bad that you spoke to someone without a brain...

If they had one they could pre-sell them and manufacture a batch of parts to fit the needs of their customers...

They are just a short sighted company that is operating without a clue.

Maybe the next owner will get it????

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I would be in for a spare input shaft if they would consider doing a
run of selected DR4 parts!!!
Terry K

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I thought Liberty had a five speed that used a Nash type case. Not sure if it went into production, but I think a few guys had them.

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The jerico main shaft(output) usually breaks under third gear where the size steps down.

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Rory broke a main shaft. Not the input shaft. Jerico may have input shafts? Chrysler 18 spline is popular as well as big Ford, small Ford... I did not need one when I talked them.

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Thats exactly where it broke. All was fine in 1rst & 2nd, went for 3rd, bang, and no more foreward action. Still had 1rst and 2nd, so I was able to drive it back to the pits. Supposedly one of the upgrades Jerico made to the 4-4 was to make the mainshaft larger in that area.

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Hundreds of thousands of dollars to make replacement main shafts that they already have designed and just need to do a production run on? We have a lot of CNC machine tools at my work and I can tell you $100,000 goes a long way when it comes to CNC machining. In addition, we regularly make one off replacement parts for out of date machinery that we built all the way back to the 70's, it's called 'customer service'.

Jim Caughlin
SS6019

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Jerico still has some DR4 input shafts, 26 spline(Chev app), as well as
the Billet retainer(Chev 90mm), this is the sleeve that the
release bearing rides on.
I dealt with Catherine, great to work with, as well as Scott!!!!
Terry K

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Jerico is still sticking to the no new parts for an old transmission philosophy of f how to run a business or how to abandon you customers! The list of people needing main shafts seems to be growing. I found an article from 2008 with Jerry Hemmingson telling how easy it is to make a main shaft with his the new machine. Kind of ironic now!
http://toolingandproduction.com/feat...08_tranny.aspx

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I have a friend that has an older jerico dr4 transmission for sale, it is
complete with a long shifter. I think he wants 1600 or 1700 for the whole thing. If any one is interested let me know and i will hook you up with him.

Jerry

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I just found this article from 2017 about the new ownership group Winchester Capital and although geared towards circle track racing if you read down it talks about parts need to be available quicker.

http://cra-racing.com/2017/10/jerico...-track-racing/

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Any idea what the ratios are?

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Re: In search of Jerico Parts
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Originally Posted by taylordunahoo View Post
I have a friend that has an older jerico dr4 transmission for sale, it is
complete with a long shifter. I think he wants 1600 or 1700 for the whole thing. If any one is interested let me know and i will hook you up with him.

Jerry
Any idea what the ratios are?

Im pretty sure they are 3.08/1.93/1.34 this used to be my transmission,
it has not been ran in a while. i have pictures on my cell phone if interested call 540 871 5294 and then i can text them to you
Thanks Jerry

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Thank You, not enough first gear for me.