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Old 12-23-2008   #1 (permalink)
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What can I do to keep my rear trans seal from leaking after I lowerd it.
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Install a new seal and clean the driveshaft yoke real well.Maybe use some fine grit sandpaper on it if needed.
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Install a new seal and clean the driveshaft yoke real well.Maybe use some fine grit sandpaper on it if needed.
I have already put two seals in and It still leaks. Do you know if a cobra drive shaft is shorter than a gt drive shaft?
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Not sure,but the Gt drive shaft should work fine and not leak.Are you sure the drive shaft yoke is clean and smooth?
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Not sure,but the Gt drive shaft should work fine and not leak.Are you sure the drive shaft yoke is clean and smooth?
well I called myself cleaning and checking it with emerycloth but I will pull and check again though thanks I'll let you know what I find.
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Maybe I am missing something here but the way I understood your first post, is that you have lowered the transmission and fluid is coming out of the rear seal area? If you don't have an annular plug to put over the output shaft to seal it while it is in the lowered position, it's gonna leak. You can either drain the fluid while it's down, or remove the slip yoke from the driveshaft and use it to "plug" the output shaft.

If I misuderstood and it is simply leaking as others are repsonding to, the only way to fix it is replace the rear seal. No amount of polishing the barrel of the yoke is going to stop a leaky seal.



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