Date:         Tue, 4 Jan 2005 12:42:22 -0600
Reply-To:     Al and Sue Brase <albeeee@MCHSI.COM>
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From:         Al and Sue Brase <albeeee@MCHSI.COM>
Subject:      Re: Now what?
Comments: To: Shawn Wright <swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA>
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I've often found the input shaft to be damaged and the seal leaking. Not
too bad to fix, gotta pull the behousing off and undo the circlip on the
input shaft. Possibly one of those seal sleeves would fix it. Does
anyone know if they make them in that size?
Al Brase

Shawn Wright wrote:

>Once you get the trans out, don't assume it's the crank seal causing the mess of oil
>you find in there. Once it gets flung about by the clutch and leaks out, it's hard to tell
>if it's gear oil or engine oil, especially if you have synthetic gear oil that doesn't smell
>bad...
>I did that - dropped the trans, changed rear main seal, and had to do it all over again
>when the leak came back a few months later. Turns out it was the trans input shaft
>seal that was leaking. And more bad news in my case - it is leaking *again*! It
>appears the oil "slinger" in the trans is damaged, and has probably chewed up the
>new seal again. In other words, once you have it out, check *everything*.
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