Corvette KOs Owner !

[jackfit]

I had fun taking out my Muncie , I should have ducked , wrench fell, I moved to fast and forgot that I had no head room....


But it is out.....took about 2 hours no real problems , just lowered engine , as I moved tranny straight back, then raised engine and tranny fell forward and out...


Will replace throw out bearing (65,000 miles) last four years, and rear seal and bearing, to go with new slip yoke.

 

[jhecox]

Ouch.....

 

[jackfit]

Tail shaft bearing can be removed in car

I had removed the transmission last week to both adjust the linkage and to replace the rear seal and bearing. I did not want to take the case apart and in one of the recent posts, John Z mention a tool that would allow you to change the seal and rear bearing while the tranny was still in the car. I located the tool on E-bay and although my tranny is out of the car, I left the shift on to show it can be done .


My old slip yoke had 300,000 miles on it and it shows it.





My new slip yoke and balanced drive shaft





The tool to extract the rear bearing , with seal removed





Close up of tool





Rear Bearing , the tool slides in just like a yoke





I use a hose clamp to compress flanges of tool , edges grab bearing





Use wrench to extract bearing , bolt pushes on tail shaft , pulling bearing





Bearing pulled out








Can be done with tranny in car and not taken apart

 

[Mac]

Ouch!! Most guys claim they walked into a door or got saucy at the bad, Jack.

Mac