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| | | | Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 419 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 419 | Lubricant was dripping out from under the Blue Funk like someone pouring syrup on a pile of pancakes. I removed the flywheel under pan and took this pic: http://s837.photobucket.com/user/daveydouglas/media/broke%20tran%203.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0 Please keep in mind that I know next to nothing about transmissions, only what I picked up from checking out the Sop Manual... Is that broken off portion the front of the transmission case or is it the clutch gear bearing retainer? And any other input is welcomed. Thanks! Edit: fixed link
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| | | | | Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,274 Renaissance Man | | Renaissance Man Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,274 | Can't see what's broken from the blurry picture. I hope there isn't a puddle pouring out from under your camera or computer.  Both of those particular items cause me eternal frustration. Carl
1952 5-window - return to "as built" condition | 1950 3100 with a 235 and a T-5 transmission
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,774 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,774 | It looks like the snout where the throwout bearing slides is broken off the bearing retainer. Was the transmission loose on the bellhousing? That's usually the cause of the retainer breaking there.
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
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| | | | | Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 419 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 419 | It looks like the snout where the throwout bearing slides is broken off the bearing retainer. Thanks Jerry. I wonder if the original cause wasn't the big rig that T-boned the Blue Funk Back in '11. Remember? I noted when I removed the flywheel under pan the rear two mounting screws did not line up with the holes in the cross member. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,774 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,774 | Since that incident resulted in a bent frame right in that general area, it's almost certainly the cause. Fortunately, those bearing retainers aren't particularly scarce. If you're still running the torque tube 3 speed, I've got a couple of complete transmissions stashed away. Let me know if you need one.
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 419 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 419 | Thanks again, Jerry!
PM to be sent! | | | | | Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 419 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 419 | As an end note: the tranny was removed and the bearing retainer was replaced with one Jerry located on ebay.
A couple of notes: The Shop Manual said the steering wheel grommet needed to be moved. It did not. It also said the battery needed to be removed. It did, but only to be able to get to the bolts holding the cross member to the passenger side frame rail. However, no mention was made of removing the cross member, which we did in order to drop the tranny.
However, the Blue Funk is back on the road without a leaking tranny with a Big Thanks to Jerry and my stepson-in-law Tim!
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