RunninEg6

did a gsr swap in my eg a couple months ago. been driving it as the tranny was getting worse over time(ex: grinding gears, 5th popping out). so i figured low trans fluid. i was right as i put in 3 qts to nearly fill it up. then i notice a leak... which was why my tranny was acting up... runnin on nearly no fluid. i see it coming off the shift linkage so i pull it off. its seaping out of the half shaft seal which i didnt change out for a new one when i did the swap.

will i have to take off the half shaft to change out the seal or can i still leave it bolted on the trans? i just dont wanna have to take out the axles as part of changing out a seal.

RunninEg6

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Hanmin

I'm going to do this as well.

Just take it off, use a flathead to pry the old seal out, take care not to scratch the mating surface too much. Then pop the new seal in square, with a wooden block + hammer preferrably.

RunninEg6

yea taking out the seal wont be a prob...but i will have to take off the half shaft huh? thats gonna suck

RunninEg6

thing is i dont wanna take the axle ends off since i know they're locked onto the half shaft w/the snaprings. if im gonna take off the halfshaft, how would i be able to pull off the axles if they're locked on? never done this before. when i did the swap i just cut the boots from the old motor since i didnt care about the old axles

Hanmin

they aren't locked on, just use a 32mm and a long bar. Or just take off the castle nut and take the hub off the lca and then unscrew the 3 halfshaft bolts and pull out, it's not hard to take out the halfshaft.

RunninEg6

cool. thats not a prob then. pretty much what i had to do for the swap. i just thought the inner axle ends would be locked on the half shaft because of the snaprings.

JeffBro

b-series transmissions dont hold 3 qts of fluid. Its actually like 2.3 qts.

RunninEg6

mine takes 3

BryanM.

iTrader: (1)

No, it take about a quart less than that. You over filled it.

Add fluid ONLY until it starts to trickle out of the fill hole. You never should completely fill the transmission.

RunninEg6

unless its bone dry empty... i have a leak ^^^

RunninEg6

been taking a break on this lately cuz been just plain lazy. to get the seal off do i need to pull both axles off or just far enough where i can slip out the half shaft to pop out the seal?

RunninEg6

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RunninEg6

and on a related tranny issue: as i would start to drive when just putting it into 1st, huge vibrations would occur as if i had a bad motor mount. but only when engaging 1st. i know it could sound like a bad clutch spring but could low tranny fluid also be a factor?

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