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Rear Tranmission seal nightmare or?

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I blew the rear seal on my lady's 95 Subaru Legacy simple enough?   Not so, upon removing exhaust & heat shield discover u-joint is shot...ok got to replace whole half shaft there fair enough.   Now for the kicker once I remove the half shaft i expected to see a very worn rear seal but I don't I see broken pieces of what the seal sits in....oh grief.  

 

Question is that broken piece replaceable ie part of a tail shaft all be it only 3-4 inches or is it part of the casing?  

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I talked to a parts guy at a Subaru dealership explained the problem he can back with "bearing holder" around $35 bucks not one in the state.   anyone heard of a bearing holder?   

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Well just got back from under this car and it appears it does have a tail shaft......it's part of the transmission.  Big bummer

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Anyone lead me to or have a detailed diagram of a TZ102ZAAAA transmission?  It would really come in handy.   Thx

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See attached. Follow link to your vehicle

copy and paste into browser.

 

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thank you sir ....now i'm experiencing info overload

Yeah the tail housing is easily replaceable. Find a junkyard that lets you pull parts. Get the tail housing and the driveshaft.

The locked up u-joint is probably what caused yours to explode.

The u-joints can be replaced though. Just have to chisel or drill out the staking that hold the bearing caps in.

Theujointstore.com has replacements. Click the TUS-10 link.

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Yeah the tail housing is easily replaceable. Find a junkyard that lets you pull parts. Get the tail housing and the driveshaft.

The locked up u-joint is probably what caused yours to explode.

The u-joints can be replaced though. Just have to chisel or drill out the staking that hold the bearing caps in.

Theujointstore.com has replacements. Click the TUS-10 link.

The U-joint is really trashed I'm amazed  didn't hear it or feel it...think that it's going to be a pick-a-part thing along with the tail housing. Man when it rains it pours both of my trucks are down too, I just pulled a 727 torqeflight out of one truck and it sits disassembled.  And my 1 ton Cummins is down due to injector pump..that's pricey.  Oh well.

 

So when I pull the tail housing off is anything going to fling out at me? First time for me digging into anything Subaru.

Search Torque Bind and you will find many post with good pictures.

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When I pulled the tail housing a spring came out I don't know how it's configured when in place since I wasn't aware of it till the tail shaft was out and in my hands.  I have a picture of it in my email how do I post the pic to get a little guidance?

that spring is for the park ''pawl'', the hook that locks the trans when you put it in park.

 

look for some pics to see how it fits.

it is not complicated,

but if you do not know how it goes,

you can't put it back.

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that spring is for the park ''pawl'', the hook that locks the trans when you put it in park.

 

look for some pics to see how it fits.

it is not complicated,

but if you do not know how it goes,

you can't put it back.

that make sense,,,,,,been unable to locate pictorial of my particular situation so I got under the vehicle and just kind of winged it.  I'll try to post a pic of what i did so you'all can congratulate or ridicule don't matter to me either way as long has it works.

 

Btw since it is the parking pawl that means it won't engage in park or start huh?

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