Shift shaft seal

[nc89sho]

can the seal on the gear selector shaft (going into the tranny) be replaced from outside? or does the tranny have to come appart?

 

[Ishodu]

Should be no issue to get at from the outside. You will just have to be careful removing it not to scratch the sealing surfaces and when installing it to get it in good and square.

 

[nc89sho]

good, so.. anyone know a good place to get that seal?

 

[Mike Kelly]

Seal

http://www.shonutperformance.com/MTX.htm

 

[CosmoSHO]

You can get it from the local auto parts store, too. National,710274; $13.49 at O'Reilly's.

Like he said, careful on the install. Take the rod shifter loose, remove the dust boot, and carefully remove the old seal. You may want to get two new units, just in case. It's easy to screw up a new seal if you don't get it square.

 

[shojuan]

I used a small gear puller I had rented to get mine out....slid right out. Since I had the tranny apart I was extra cautious and placed a fat brass drift between the shift shaft and case so the pin and gate wouldn't be taking the force. Of course this was in the morning with a clear head. Several hours earlier at 2 am I couldn't get the thing out for the life of me. Did something stupid, put channel locks on it and didn't bother to protect the shaft with electrical tape, shoot didn't even push the shaft all the way in so if it got nicked it wouldn't be on the sealed surface.

Gear puller makes it cake though I'm not sure I'd want the pin pushing again the gate, I have no idea if the force the puller applies is excessive for those components.

The manual shows a tool to grasp the seal that fits on a slide hammer.

Removal of this seal is one thing that is absent in the video!