My rear drive shaft broke a u-joint. The ujoint did not fail completely but there was a lot of play. This happened on the off ramp and I drove it about a 1/2 mile and parked it. The rear seal has been leaking and I got the drive shaft removed.

 

I expected to be able to pull out the seal but it looks like I have not found it yet.

 

The ATF drips from the bell housing and the inner sleeve the outer drive shaft rides on looks scared.

 

Should this seal be able to be snagged out?

 

Is the a more inner seal I could have damaged?

he emailed me a picture and the seal is not present on the transmission. i would inspect the driveshaft, maybe it is stuck to the end of the driveshaft that slides into the transmission. check there and let us know.

 

otherwise it must have been damaged horribly to completely fall out...that sounds nearly impossible though, at least not without complete destroying your trans tail housing too.

 

in your email you mention the leak (drip) comes from the "bellhousing", what is that? the bellhousing is the front of the transmission where it bolts to the engine, but i think you mean something else on the rear of the trans?

Gary's right, the seal in the drive shaft. I tried to upload the photo but even when I reduced the file to less than 50 MB it would not upload.

 

The bell housing is what I was calling the outside collar. Now that the driveshaft is removed, I started it up and ATF comes out of something that looked like a square channel. I assume ATF is suppose to flow thru this channel, there are two square channels.

 

 

Once I put the seal on am I suppose to put back on the male end of the drive shaft. I was going to do the cheap fix but Gary has turned me on to a good priced driveshaft I am going to put in.

 

Will replacing the two part rear shaft do the trick? I thought I was suppose to change the front and rear but seeing two sections to this "rear" driveshaft is this the front and rear I heard about?

 

thanks

Gary's right, the seal in the drive shaft.

woo hoo, i've never seen that before but figured that had to be the case. that's the only reason the fluid was coming out then. it was adhered to the shaft and no longer sealing properly.

 

yes - fluid comes out of that rear area where the driveshaft slides into, it's supposed to do that. don't make it do it any more!

 

this should be really simple. install new seal, install new driveshaft and you're done. and yes, the male end of the driveshaft (the really shiny, clean part) slides into the transmission through the new seal you're going to install.

this should be really simple. install new seal, install new driveshaft and you're done. and yes, the male end of the driveshaft (the really shiny, clean part) slides into the transmission through the new seal you're going to install.

 

i would add, if the drive shaft you are buying has any rust on the 'male' end, common sense says to clean it up with extra fine something or other .