When I got this cruiser there was a flood of T/C fluid coming out of the rear output shaft seal. Well, today I started to take stuff apart to replace it. On thing I noticed was that the output flange had a LOT of fore and aft movement and it moved up and down a lot. So much movement that the seal - which was stuck to the flange - could pe pulled away from the case with the nut still one. I hope that makes sense. All of this with the driveshaft off.
Took the nut off the shaft and I could move the shaft up and down and in and out. Pulled the bearing cover and the bearing was so toasted I could pull the cage off and all of the bearings just fell out.
Here they are:
The inner race is still on the shaft:
This is a dumb question but is it rebuild time for the transfer case?
Seems like it to me.
How hard of a job is this? I have the FSM and have looked at a lot of the threads on the forum. Seems like it is doable if you wake your time and think it through.
Any thoughts are welcome!
Took the nut off the shaft and I could move the shaft up and down and in and out. Pulled the bearing cover and the bearing was so toasted I could pull the cage off and all of the bearings just fell out.
Here they are:
The inner race is still on the shaft:
This is a dumb question but is it rebuild time for the transfer case?
Seems like it to me.
How hard of a job is this? I have the FSM and have looked at a lot of the threads on the forum. Seems like it is doable if you wake your time and think it through.
Any thoughts are welcome!